joybelle5445
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What is the name of your state? Alabama
In 1983, My parents purchased land with a house on it. On the deed, it has the legal description of the land ".......containing 5 acres, and being a portion of the described fourth, Section 12, Township 8 South, Range 4 East in ******** County, Alabama LESS AND EXCEPT, the 2 acre tract of land heretofore conveyed to (name) by deed recorded in Deed Book.........."
*****=the name of our county, (name) was the man's name that the 2 acre tract belonged to, and ........was just details and not necessarily relevent to my question.
I have never seen a LESS AND EXCEPT in a deed before and am curious to know why it is there. This same description was even on the mortgage for the land. I am confused as to why there wasn't a separation of these two as far as this deed goes. I got a copy of the deed for the 2 acre tract, dated 1977, and it didn't refer to the land my parents came to own. It clearly had its own description so why was it on their deed?
Thanks
In 1983, My parents purchased land with a house on it. On the deed, it has the legal description of the land ".......containing 5 acres, and being a portion of the described fourth, Section 12, Township 8 South, Range 4 East in ******** County, Alabama LESS AND EXCEPT, the 2 acre tract of land heretofore conveyed to (name) by deed recorded in Deed Book.........."
*****=the name of our county, (name) was the man's name that the 2 acre tract belonged to, and ........was just details and not necessarily relevent to my question.
I have never seen a LESS AND EXCEPT in a deed before and am curious to know why it is there. This same description was even on the mortgage for the land. I am confused as to why there wasn't a separation of these two as far as this deed goes. I got a copy of the deed for the 2 acre tract, dated 1977, and it didn't refer to the land my parents came to own. It clearly had its own description so why was it on their deed?
Thanks