Thompson v. Ruff
Citations
- 75 Fla. 476
Syllabus
<p>1. When the language of a deed of conveyance is certain in - meaning and the grantor’s intention clearly indicated thereby there is no room for the construction of the language nor interpretation of the words used.</p> <p>2. A clause, immediately following a description of lands granted in a deed of conveyance, which was as follows: “And the parties of the first part do hereby transfer, bargain, sell, alien, release and convey all the timber situate and being on the following described lands” * * * “And the party of the second part shall have fifteen years from the date hereof in which to remove said, timber from said lands last, described,” held to convey to the grantee only the timber upon such lands and not the land itself.</p>
Judges: Browne, Ellis, Taylor, West, Whitfield
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