Witt v. Harlan

Citations

• 66 Tex. 660
• 2 S.W. 41
• 1886 Tex. LEXIS 592

Syllabus

<p>' 1. Evidence—Record of deed.—For a record copy of a deed to be admissible in evidence, it is not necessary that it contain anything to represent the seal required to accompany the certificate of acknowledgment of the deed. (Following Ballard v. Perry, 28 Tex., 347.)</p> <p>2. Construction—Deed.—The granting clause of a deed recited “ do hereby bargain, sell, alien and convey unto, etc., the entire and undivided one-half of all my lands in Texas.” It then proceeded: “Some of which are described as follows, to wit:” and described several tracts in Texas owned by the grantor; after which it continued, “ as well as all my lands or right to land of any kind and description whether legal or equitable in the state of Texas, or in any of the counties of said state.” Held, the deed was a conveyance of an undivided one-half interest in all the grantor’s lands in this state.</p>