Slaughter v. Hall
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Saffold Berney, Judge. Action in equity by Howell W. Slaughter and others against Mrs. E. O. Hall and others to quiet title. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The action is to quiet, and to determine, title to timber on certain lands described in the bill. The rights and titles of the parties appear to depend chiefly, if not exclusively, upon the proper construction of a certain deed conveying the timber. It is contended by appellants that this deed passed only a title to the timber for a term of years; while appellees contend — and the trial court seems to have held — that it passed the fee simple or absolute title to the timber in question.
The deed or conveyance in question contains the following granting clause:
“We [naming grantors] do grant,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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