Dorsey v. Clements

The words in the lease, “timber suitable for turpentine purposes,” are not ambiguous in my opinion, and the expression means all the timber suitable at the date of the instrument for the purposes indicated. See Carter & Elliott v. Williamson & Co., 106 Ga. 280 (supra); McRae v. Stillwell, 111 Ga. 65 (36 S. E. 604, 55 L. R. A. 513); Martin v. Peddy, 120 Ga. 1079 (48 S. E. 420); Allison v. Wall, 121 Ga. 822 (6) (49 S. E. 831); McRae v. Smith, 164 Ga. 23 (4) (137 S. E. 390). “Turpentine timber” has not only a provincial but also a general meaning. Ellis v. State, 67 Ga. App. 821, 828 (21 S. E.…