Hall v. Hall

OPINION

BROWN, Justice.

This case involves the interpretation and legal effect of a deed wherein the grantor gave the grantee an estate in land with an apparent unlimited power of disposition and conversely placed a condition upon her right of ownership.

On December 20, 1920, T.A. Hall conveyed three tracts of land by warranty deed to his wife, Ms. Betty Hall, the plaintiff. In the granting clause of this deed, the grantor stated:

I do this day Give and bequeath my Entire Rite (sic) and title to the following described tracks (sic) of land to wit (property described).

Later in the habendum clause,…