Opinion ID: 1690969
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Text: James F. Powell acquired and farmed the Oak Ridge Plantation, of which the Powell tract forms a part, as early as 1866. In 1903, after a partition among the James F. Powell heirs, James C. Powell acquired and farmed the Oak Ridge Plantation. In 1946, James C. Powell sold property, including the Powell tract to Frank Hemenway, Jr. In 1948, Hemenway sold the property to S. D. Hunter. In 1962, the court placed Mrs. Milryn M. Hunter, Hunter's surviving spouse in community, and the S. D. Hunter Foundation, his universal legatee, in possession of the Powell tract and other of Hunter's properties after his May 16, 1960, death. The Hemenway and Hunter conveyances provided a full warranty sale to their vendees of all property other than the Powell tract. [1] With regard to the Powell tract, each conveyance provided that: The vendor furthermore transfers, assigns, conveys and delivers to vendee herein all lands owned or claimed by vendor, either legal or equitable, contiguous to the land hereinabove specifically described, whether the same be inside or outside the said specific description, or inside or outside of the sections, township or range hereinabove described, and whether the same be held under fence by vendor or not, and whether such lands be more or less than the estimated acreage herein conveyed of 635 acres. The property herein conveyed being more particularly shown delineated in red and yellow on plat attached to deed from James C. Powell to this vendor . . .