Grainger v. Hamilton

Stukes, Justice.

This action for partition involves the construction of an artlessly drawn deed dated January 6, 1886, whereby Charles Grainger conveyed four hundred acres, more or less, of land in Horry County. It is not an action for reformation; nor is the instrument a trust deed. The original was not produced and only the record of it in the office of the Clerk of Court was available. A photostat of the record was in evidence. There are no words of inheritance in the granting clause of the deed and there was some controversy between the parties as to the punctuation and capitalization in…