§ 34-4-18 — § 34-4-18. Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest.

§ 34-4-18. Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest.

The person to whom an equitable fee simple is conveyed pursuant to § 34-4-17 shall, upon request, be entitled to a conveyance of the outstanding legal estate from the person in whom the legal estate is then or thereafter vested in trust, unless provisions to the contrary be made in the instrument creating the trust.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 434, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-18.