Soria v. Harrison County

Citations

• 96 Miss. 109
• 50 So. 443

Syllabus

<p>1. Deeds. Condition subsequent. Creation. Reversion. Construction.</p> <p>To create a condition subsequent in a deed, tlie breach, of ■which, will cause the land to revert, the terms of the instrument must clearly show that the grantor intended it to have that effect; and its words are to he taken most strongly against him.</p> <p>2. Same. Case. Land conveyed for courthouse. Sate of.</p> <p>The provisions -of a deed that “the lands hereinafter described shall be kept by the said board of police for the use of a courthouse and jail, for the benefit of said county,”, and “to have and to hold the same * * * for the use of said, county as aforesaid,” do not create a condition subsequent, so as to cause the land to revert on the removal of the courthouse and jail and exposing the prop-for sale.</p>