Moody v. McCown
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit .Court of Tuskaloosa. Tried before the Hon. Wi. S. Mudd. This action was brought" by Mrs. Nancy A. McCown, against Washington Moody; was commenced on the 12th January, 1860, and sought to recover a tract of land, which was thus described in the complaint: “the east half of the south-east quarter of section thirty-four, in township twenty-one, range eleven, west; and the west half of the northwest quarter of section two, in township twenty-two, range…
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Appeal from the Circuit .Court of Tuskaloosa. Tried before the Hon. Wi. S. Mudd. This action was brought" by Mrs. Nancy A. McCown, against Washington Moody; was commenced on the 12th January, 1860, and sought to recover a tract of land, which was thus described in the complaint: “the east half of the south-east quarter of section thirty-four, in township twenty-one, range eleven, west; and the west half of the northwest quarter of section two, in township twenty-two, range eleven, west; and the north-east quarter of section three in the same township and range last above named, estimated to…
1Opinion of the CourtPhelan, J.
The question, or rather questions, upon which this case must be decided, relate chiefly to the true construction and legal import of the instrument in writing, signed on the 26th of February, 1835, and which is set out in the record, The question first arises, what is the legal import of this instrument ? But, before we come to this question, in view of the whole state of the case, we are called upon to examine and determine a preliminary question, which is, must this instrument be construed by itself, and according to the natural and obvious meaning of its own terms, or must it be taken, as…
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