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CNX Gas Co. v. Rasnake
No. 130306Supreme Court of Virginia
130306 CNX Gas Co. v. Rasnake 01/10/2014 In an appeal turning upon the interpretation of a 1918 deed of bargain and sale, the grantors' language was ambiguous and, under applicable canons of construction, exce…
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130306 CNX Gas Co. v. Rasnake 01/10/2014 In an appeal turning upon the interpretation of a 1918 deed of bargain and sale, the gra…
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130306 CNX Gas Co. v. Rasnake 01/10/2014 In an appeal turning upon the interpretation of a 1918 deed of bargain and sale, the grantors' language was ambiguous and, under applicable canons of construction, exception language in the deed must be interpreted in favor of the grantee. Here, the deed conveyed to the grantee in fee simple all of the mineral interests in the land embraced within the deed's metes and bounds description that the grantors were capable of conveying at the time, excluding only coal, which they no longer owned. Accordingly, it was error to construe the disputed language to constitute an unambiguous exception of all coal and other minerals from the conveyance. The circuit…
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