Shenandoah Land & Anthracite Coal Co. v. Clarke

On the 27th day of September, 1853, James T. Clarke and wife made, executed and delivered to one Anastatius ISTicholas their deed conveying two adjacent tracts of mountain land, setting out the metes and bounds thereof, situated in Augusta *102county, Virginia. A reservation was expressed in this deed in the words following: “And the said Clarke and wife hereby reserve for themselves or assigns all of the timber upon the said tract, with the privilege of removing the same at such time as may suit their convenience.” On the 29th day of September, 1853, a writing was made on this deed below the…