Nettles v. Lichtman

GARDNER, Justice.

This appeal turns upon the proper construction of the deed (Exhibit A to the bill) executed by Charles Lichtman and wife to Black Warrior Lumber Company in February, 1919, the salient features of which appear in the report of thi* case. The description of the property conveyed as found in the granting clause is: “All the trees and timber now standing, lying or being or which within a period of twenty (20) years from the date of this instrument, may grow upon the following described lands.”

In recent years paper mills have been established in this state (the first, as alleged…