Jackson v. Van Alen , 1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 150 ( 1799 )

The Court of Errors held, that although the construction of a grant is matter of law, yet its legal effect, (deducible from the terms used in it, or from matter subsequent which, as showing the sense of the parties, may authorize a larger or narrower construction so as to include or exclude particular premises,) is a matter of fact for a jury only to decide.