In the construction of every instrument creating or conveying, or authorizing or requiring the creation or conveyance of any real estate, or interest therein, it shall be the duty of the courts of justice to carry into effect the true intent of the parties, so far as such intent can be collected from the whole instrument, and so far as such intent is consistent with the rules of law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-205
Instruments; construction; intent of parties; duty of courts
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case MacKiewicz v. JJ & ASSOCIATES (1994)
Most recently applied in MacKiewicz v. JJ & ASSOCIATES (April 1994)
R.S.1866, c. 43, § 59, p. 292; R.S.1913, § 6195; C.S.1922, § 5594; C.S.1929, § 76-109; R.S.1943, § 76-205.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.