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 “From the use of the word “grant” in any conveyance, the following covenants and none other on the part of the grantor, are implied unless restrained by express terms contained in such conveyance, viz: That such estate is, at the time of the execution of such conveyance, free from incumbrances done, made or suffered by the grantor or any person claiming under him.”

Comp. Laws § 3249. There are no express terms contained in the conveyance in question restraining the force of the word “grant,” as a covenant raised by the provisions of the statute. The deed then, contains the covenant of both respondents that the estate conveyed thereby was free from incumbrances done, made or suffered by them, or any person, claiming under them at the date of its execution. Funk v. Voneida, 11 Serg. & R. 109; Seitainger v. Weaver, 1 Rawle 377; Gates v. Cadewell, 7 Mass. 68; Hawk v. McCullough, 21 Ill, 220; Rawle on Covenants, 369 and 383. The covenant of freedom from incumbrances is proved to have been broken by any evidence showing that a third person has a right to or an interest in the land granted, to the diminution of the value of the land, though consistent with the passing of the fee by the deed of conveyance. 2 Grf. Ev. § 42. Every burden on the estate or clog on the title is an incumbrance. Settzinger v. Weaver, 1 Rawle 377; Prescott v. Truman, 4 Mass. 627; Fritz v. Pusy, 18 N. W. Rep. 94. An inchoate right of dower is an incumbrance. Sherer v. Ranger, 22 Pick. 447; Jones v. Gardner, 10 Johns. 267; Bigelow v. Hulbard,97 Mass. 195; Rawle on Covenants 112, 113. So taxes levied upon an estate after transfer, upon an assessment made before. Hill v. Bacon, 110 Mass. 388; Richard v. Bent, $9 Ill. 38; Long v. Moler, 5 Ohio St. 271; Cochrane v. Guild, 106 Mass. 29.

Louis Hanitch and Francis & Barnes, for respondents.

The force of the statute (§ 3249, Comp. Laws) is destroyed by the ‘special covenant against incumbrances contained in the deed, and the implied covenant from the use of the word “grant” is restrained by express terms contained in the deed, whereby the said Joseph Dietrich, covenants, not for himself, but for his heirs,