King v. Coffee

The first subject for consideration on this appeal involves an interpretation of a partition deed between the heirs of Robert King. The rules which control the court in this respect are well settled by our eases.

One of the late cases, Long v. Holden, 216 Ala. 81, 112 So. 444, 446, 52 A. L. R. 536, expresses many of such rules. To repeat briefly: The conveyance must be so interpreted as to give effect to the intention of the parties, as manifested by its language, when the whole instrument is taken together, in connection with the subject-matter and surrounding circumstances. When so…