Legal Opinion
Goodson v. Capehart
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 10, 1986No. Record No. 830551PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
The sole issue in this appeal is the construction of a deed in which the preamble appears to conflict with the granting clause. In our view, the granting clause must prevail.
In 1925, W.G. Shinault and M.G. Shinault, his wife, executed a deed in the following form:1
This Deed, Made this 19th day of September in the year One Thousand and Nine Hundred and Twenty Five between W. G. Shinault and M. G. Shinault his wife, of Carroll County, Va., parties of the first part and Curtis and William Holderfield jointly and equally as long as they both live and at their death to go to their heirs parties…
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