Mower v. Richardson

Citations

• 124 La. 130
• 49 So. 1003
• 1909 La. LEXIS 440

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and Purchaser (§ 193*) — Contract —Property Included.</p> <p>Plaintiff contracted to sell several tracts of land to defendants, and after consummation of the sale, except as to tracts title to which plaintiff did not have, they made a new contract, reciting postponement of the sale as to them till plaintiff should perfect the title, and that defendant bound himself to accept title to them at the same price per acre within a certain time “as titles are perfected to any part of said lands.” Held, that though, when the second agreement was made, the parties knew that the land of one tract had been separated in title from the timber thereon, the sale was of the land with its timber; any doubt being resolved against plaintiff under Civ. Code, art. 2474, providing that any obscurity or ambiguous clause is construed against the seller.</p>