Priest v. ERNEST W. BALL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

BOLIN, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment in a declaratory-judgment action seeking an interpretation and declaration of the legal effect of certain language in a deed.

Facts and Procedural History

On November 6, 2008, William Buxton and Judy Buxton filed a complaint for a judgment declaring certain language in a deed conveying real property to them to be a conveyance of the property in fee simple with a right of survivorship. The Buxtons brought the action against the law firm Ernest W. Ball & Associates, Inc. (hereinafter “Ball”), that had prepared the deed. The deed was attached to the…