Raines v. Baird

Citations

• 84 Miss. 807

Syllabus

<p>Contract to Convey Land. Description. Name of tract. Ambigwity.</p> <p>A contract purporting to obligate the owner to convey a tract of land by name (as tbe “Phil Allen place”) and naming the number of acres therein, does not contain a patent ambiguity, and it is valid where by extrinsic evidence it can with certainty be shown what lands were known by the name.</p>