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GOODSON v. CAPEHART

Record No. 830551.

349 S.E.2d 130 (1986)

Pearl H. GOODSON, et al. v. Albert C. CAPEHART, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Vaught, for appellants.

Raleigh M. Cooley, Hillsville, for appellee Nora Webb.

No briefs or arguments for appellees Albert C. Capehart, Elinor Dobbins Capehart and Roscoe Holderfield, non compos.

Present: All the Justices.

RUSSELL, Justice.

The sole issue in this appeal is the construction of a deed in which the preamble appears to conflict with the granting clause. In our view, the granting clause must prevail.

In 1925, W.G. Shinault and M.G. Shinault, his wife, executed a deed in the following form:1

This Deed, Made this 19th day of September in the year One Thousand and Nine Hundred and Twenty Five between W.G. Shinault and M.G. Shinault...

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