Hads v. Tiernan

Citations

• 213 Pa. 44
• 62 A. 172
• 1905 Pa. LEXIS 370

Syllabus

<p>Deed — Construction—Premises—Habendum.</p> <p>A deed described the premises conveyed as a lot thirty-eight feet by thirty-three feet “with a two story frame dwelling house thereon, being one-half of double house thereon.” The habendum contained this clause: “To have and to hold said described lot of ground and one-half the double house now thereon.” The whole of the double house was within the lines of the lot thirty-eight feet, and the grantee understood that she was to have the whole of the lot. Held, that the grantor could not claim any of the land but only half of the double house, as having been reserved by the deed.</p>