McKenzie v. Dee

Citations

• 10 Teiss. 207
• 1913 La. App. LEXIS 50

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. All the recitals of a deed must be reconciled if it be possible to do so without doing violence to the words of the instrument and the obvious intention of the parties.</p> <p>2. Custom sanctions in this community the use of both English and French linear measures; the former predominates in the newer surveys, the latter in the more ancient ones.</p> <p>3. The French linear measure was -established by the original settlers in this community and has never been abolished by law.</p>