Gray v. Stillman

It is well settled in this jurisdiction that a deed should be interpreted and the intention of parties ascertained in the same manner as other written contracts. Rush v. Champlin Refining Co., Okl., 321 P.2d 697; Jennings v. Amerada Petroleum Corporation, 179 Okl. 561, 66 P.2d 1069. The intention of the parties controls, and when a contract is reduced to writing, the intention of the parties is to be ascertained from the writing alone, if possible. The whole of a contract is to be taken together, so as to give effect to every part, if reasonably practicable, each clause helping to interpret…