Blumenthal v. Blumenthal
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court — Row. William M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) In construing a deed every part should he given effect. Chew v. Kellar, 171 Mo. 223; 17 Am. & Eng. Eney. Law (2 Ed.), p. 7, n. 3. (2) Parol testimony is not permissible to vary or control the words of a grant in a deed.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court — Row. William M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) In construing a deed every part should he given effect. Chew v. Kellar, 171 Mo. 223; 17 Am. & Eng. Eney. Law (2 Ed.), p. 7, n. 3. (2) Parol testimony is not permissible to vary or control the words of a grant in a deed. Wolff v. Dyer, 95 Mo. 545; Jennings v. Brizeadine, 44 Mo. 332. (3) The word “half” where used in the deed in defining the respective interests of appellants and respondents should be construed literally, and means half in quantity. Boom Co. v. Whitney, 26 Mich. 42; Dart v. Barbour, 32 Mich. 267;.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
Action to determine and quiet title to real estate. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
August A. Blumenthal, Sr., a citizen of St. Louis, was the father of four children; two sons, August A. Blumenthal, Jr., and Berthold W. Blumenthal; and two daughters, Paulina Blumenthal and Otillie -Blumenthal.
On January 26, 1876,-and only a few months before his death, said August A. Blumenthal, Sr., conveyed to one John N. Straat, as trustee' for his sons and daughters above named,-a parcel of land' in St. Louis City, which parcel of land .has a . frontage of *697eighty-two feet on the east…
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