Opinion ID: 888504
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Heading: The Conveyances

Text: ¶ 6 In October 1987, Davis conveyed Tract 1 of COS 4446 to Robert H. and Connie L. Lockman. The face of the Davis-Lockman deed contains the following description of the real property being conveyed: A tract of land located in Government Lot 4, Section 33, Township 30 North, Range 21 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Flathead County, Montana, and more particularly described as follows: [Description in metes and bounds.] Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 4446. SUBJECT TO 30 foot road easement as shown on Certificate of Survey No. 4446, records of Flathead County, Montana. No other property and no explicit reservations are recited in the deed. ¶ 7 Through a series of subsequent conveyances, title to Tract 1 passed to Elaine Comfort-Waldher in April 1999 and, ultimately, to Lyle Wall, as trustee of the Sugar Shack Land Trust, in April 2001. [1] All of the deeds in these conveyances refer to Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 4446. The Waldhers, whose living trusts are the beneficiaries of the Sugar Shack Land Trust, have resided on Tract 1 since 1999. ¶ 8 In March 1989, Davis conveyed Tract 4 of COS 4446 to Ronald E. and Lavera M. Foster. In May 2003, the Fosters conveyed the western five acres of Tract 4 to Blazer in exchange for five acres owned by Blazer to the south of Tract 4. Both the Davis-Foster deed and the Foster-Blazer deed refer to COS 4446. ¶ 9 Davis also owned property located to the south and west of, and contiguous to, Tract 4. This southwest property is not depicted or identified on COS 4446. Davis conveyed the southwest property to Blazer in August 1989. The Davis-Blazer deed refers to Certificate of Survey No. 4268 and Certificate of Survey No. 2078. ¶ 10 The properties purchased by Blazer from Davis and the Fosters are arranged as follows (not to scale):