This appeal is from a final decree mak
It appears that on December 13, 1906, D. G. Crenshaw, the owner of the lands, joined by- his wife, conveyed to Dutton & Hagan “all the timber upon * described tracts of land for the purpose of boxing, working and otherwise using said timber for turpentine purposes only”; that such turpentine lease was duly recorded and contained the following provision: “It is expressly covenanted and agreed by the said parties of the second part that they will accept and use said timber for turpentine purposes subject to all the terms, covenants and conditions of a certain deed conveying the land and timber, made by D. G. Crenshaw and wife, Margaret E. Crenshaw, to William T. Cotter and Mary A. Cotter, dated December 3rd, 1906, and conveying the above described lands and leases; it being provided among other things in said deed that the parties of the first part thereto, their heirs and assigns shall release unto the said William T. Cotter and Mary A. Cotter, their heirs and assigns, not less than two thousand (2000) acres per year for mill purposes, beginning January 1st, 1907, and two thousand (2000) acres each year thereafter on the first day of January, and this lease is expressly made subject to the above described instrument and is hereby accepted by the said parties of the second part as a part of this conveyance, and they agree and 'Covenant to carry out and perform, all of the said covenants and conditions therein set forth. And it is further covenanted and agreed that the said parties of the second part may have the- right at any time to assign this lease in whole or in part subject to the above covenants and conditions, and that the assignee of this
Under the turpentine lease Dutton & Hagan agreed to release 2000 acres annually; and as the Dutton & Hagan lease contained lands not included in the contract of sale made with Zachary, the latter claims that the lands to be released annually should be not of the total of those included in the Dutton & Hagan lease, but should be of those lands contained in the abandoned and not completed conveyance to Cotter, such lands being the same as those included in the contract to convey made with Zachary.
The conveyance to Cotter failed of execution, was aban
Decree affirmed.
