Instruments in Land and Offensive, Illegal Restrictions
From time to time, title examiners and real estate practitioners come across deeds or other real property instruments that include clauses shocking to a modern reader. Through inattentiveness, sloppiness, or ignorance of the drafter, these clauses sometimes carry forward long after their legality has been voided. This clause, for example, is reported to have been included in a 2006 deed: “This land shall not be sold, leased, or rented to any person other than the Caucasian ra