Section 13 Reversionary Interests

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

For the interest to rise to the level of a compensable interest, the holder of a contingent remainder interest must be able to maintain a present action to protect or enforce the remainder rights. Callison v. Wabash Ry. Co., 275 S.W. 965 (Mo. App. W.D. 1925). An action for damages cannot be maintained by a contingent remainder interest holder who has no right to the possession or control of the condemned property, or to any present estate, but only an interest of chance of protected right to an estate if...