Marsh v. . Marsh

The meaning of clauses in a conveyance of real property providing for the support or maintenance of a person is usually determined by a construction of the entire instrument. One clause may be a personal covenant, another a charge on the rents and profits of the land, and a third a lien or charge on the land itself. Bailey v. Bailey, 172 N. C., 671. It appears in the case before us that H. C. Marsh not only accepted the deed, but signed it under his seal; that he is bound by the provisions of the deed is therefore not in dispute. In re Peaden, 199 N. C., 486; Peel v. Peel, 196 N. C., 782. The…