Potts v. Canton Cotton Warehouse Co.

Citations

• 70 Miss. 462

Syllabus

<p>1. Deed ; Cades oe. .Boundaries control. Intent of parties.</p> <p>When the calls of a deed are for natural or artificial boundaries, these control the courses and distances named, because this effectuates the intention of the parties.</p> <p>2. Same. Streets named as boundaries. Galls of deed.</p> <p>Where, north of a street which crosses a railroad, there is a parallel street, extending only to the railroad on one side, and the owner of unplatted land on the other side sells a lot, describing it as bounded by the two streets, the parties treating the Unopened street as being extended across the railroad, parallel with the other street, there being no doubt as to their intention, the street, when so extended, will be the northern boundary of the lot, although the distance between the streets is only 258 feet, while the deed calls for 300 feet as the length of the lot.</p>