The reformed deed conveys to the grantee “all that piece or parcel of land * * * described as follows, to wit, being the north-east quarter of section thirty-two, * * * except forty acres in the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section thirty-two.” The learned judge who tried the case below was entirely right in holding that the “legal effect of the excepting clause,” as conveyances “are drawn, understood, and construed in this country, is to exclude from the grant the premises described in the excepting clause as fully as if left outside of designated boundaries.” This is the plain and natural signification of the words used to describe the premises conveyed. They are, in effect, “all that piece or parcel
Judgment affirmed.