Crump v. Crump’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““[2] We think that the interpretation or construction placed on the so-called reservation clause by the grantees, the appellees here, is as plausible as the construction placed thereon by the appellant. In other words, we are clear to the conclusion that the words used in the so-called reservation clause are ambiguous and that the meaning of that clause is doubtful. “We must therefore construe the so-called reservation clause so as to resolve the doubts in favor of the grantees and against the grantor. May v. Bedsole, 245 Ala. 323 , 16 So.2d 703 ; Milner Land Co. v. Houston, 225 Ala. 223 , 142 So. 410 ; Martin v. Consolidated Cone Co., 216 Ala. 551 , 114 So. 37 ; Webb v. Jones, 163 Ala. 637 , 50 So. 887 ; Jacobs v. Roach, 161 Ala. 201 , 49 So. 576 ; 16 Am.Jur. 615, Deeds, § 309; 26 C.J.S. Deeds § 140, p. 450.” Crump v. Crump, 261 Ala. 504, 509 , 74 So.2d 713 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. Knight