Stokes v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chiokasawba District; W. J. Driver, Judge; 1. Tbe granting 'clause in this 'deed is sufficient, both at common law and under tbe statute, to convey a fee simple estate. 'Subsequent clauses must be ®o construed as to yield to the grant.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chiokasawba District; W. J. Driver, Judge; 1. Tbe granting 'clause in this 'deed is sufficient, both at common law and under tbe statute, to convey a fee simple estate. 'Subsequent clauses must be ®o construed as to yield to the grant. If tbe clause iu tbe habendum or concluding portion of 'the deed, relating to the use to which the land is to be put, can not stand consistent with the clause in the premises granting 'an estate in fee simple, the latter must yield. 82 Ark. 211; 82 Me. 562. Iu construing a deed, the emphasis has always been placed upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
These cases are identical with the case of State v. Stokes, reported in 117 Ark. 192, 174 S. W. 1156, except that it is said that the deed as set out in the opinion in the former case was not correctly copied into the record of that case.
The deed'.as it appears in the record of the present cases is us follows:
“Know All Men by These Presents:
“That the Paepcke-Leieht Lumber Company and Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, for and in consideration of five dollars to them paid by W. H. J ackson, president, and J. H. Aoklen, secretary, .as- trustees for Big Lake Shooting Club, a social organization, do…
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