MOORE v. WELLS

19287.

212 Ga. 446 (1956)

93 S.E.2d 731

MOORE v. WELLS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 11, 1956.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Gleason, for plaintiff in error.

W. A. McClure, Maddox J. Hale, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

1. Primarily, the rights of the parties in the present case are controlled by the conveyance to the school district. A construction of this conveyance is essential to a determination of the cause. "In the construction of deeds, as well as other contracts, the paramount, essential, and controlling rule is to ascertain the intention of the parties. If that intention is plain from the language of the deed as a whole, and the intention contravenes no rule...

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