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DAVIS v. BROWN

No. 316.

84 S.E.2d 334 (1954)

241 N.C. 116

Luther J. DAVIS, Albert LeRoy Davis, Mrs. Juanita D. Hargett, Robert Davis, Albert H. Davis, Thomas I. Davis, Mrs. Mollle D. Boyd, Artis Davis and Mrs. Louie Dell Towne, Petitioners, v. Mrs. Jessie Florine Frazier BROWN, Mrs. Susan Beatrice Davis Gaskins, Hervey C. Ipock, Archie Davis, and Carol Yvonne Davis, Bert Jefferson Davis and Ruby Elizabeth Davis, Minors, Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 10, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larkins & Brock, Trenton, Wm. J. Lansche, Jr., and R. A. Nunn, New Bern, for appellants.

Lee & Hancock, Grantham & May, New Bern, for appellees.

DENNY, Justice.

Ordinarily, in construing a deed it is the duty of the court to ascertain the intent of the grantor or grantors as embodied in the entire instrument, and each and every part thereof must be given effect if this can be done by any fair or reasonable interpretation. Featherston v. Merrimon, 148 N.C. 199, 61 S.E. 675; Triplett v. Williams, 149 N.C. 394, 63 S.E. 79, 24 L.R.A.,N.S., 514; In re Dixon, 156 N.C. 26, 72 S.E. 71; Acker v. Pridgen, 158 N.C. 337...

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