 ... they are entitled to place themselves in the same situation as the parties who made the contract, so as to view the circumstances as they viewed them, and so to judge of the meaning of the words and of the correct application of the language to the...  The Atlantic Reporter - Page 3161911Full view - About this book
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - Contracts - 1847 - 988 pages
...same situation as the party who made the contract, to view the circumstances as he viewed them, and so judge of the meaning of the words and of the correct application of the language professed to be described, (r) Many words in our language are susceptible of various meanings, according... | |
 | 1848 - 544 pages
...same situation as the party who made the contract, to view the circumstances as he viewed them, and so judge of the meaning of the words and of the correct application of the language professed to be described." It also applies to the constitution of laws. In the case of Aldridge et... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 816 pages
...circumstances that arc the subjects of the statements in the written agreement, and are entitled to place themselves in the same situation as the parties...application of the language to the things described, f Substance of the first proposition of the defendants is, that the clause, " ship to proceed from... | |
 | Law - 1880 - 554 pages
...entitled to place themselves in the same situation which the parties who made the contract occupied, so as to view the circumstances as they viewed them,...application of the language to the things described. Nash v. Towne, 5 Wall. G89, 699. See, also, Maryland v. Railroad Co., 22 id. 105; Morau v. Prather,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 880 pages
...light which the parties enjoyed when the contract was executed. They are, accordingly, entitled to place themselves in the same situation as the parties who made the contract, in order that they may view the circumstances as those parties viewed them, and so judge of the meaning... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 738 pages
...Silsbee, 2 Black, 168. Opinion of the court. the statements in the written agreement, and are entitled to place themselves in the same situation as the parties...application of the language to the things described.* Proof of service at the request of the defendant was full and uncontradicted, and the Circuit Court... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - Law - 1875 - 858 pages
...the contract, in order that they may view the circumstances as those parties then viewed them, and so crown (t - language to the things described. Nash v. Towne, 5 Wall. (US) 689. See Qooacy v. Quosey, 48 Miss. 210.... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 510 pages
...circumstances that are the subjects of the statements in the written agreement and are entitled to place themselves in the same situation as the parties...application of the language to the things described. Shore v. Wilson, 9 Cl. & E'iu. 569; Clayton v. Grayson, 4 Nev. & Man. 606; Addisou on Cont. (6th ed.)918;... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 510 pages
...circumstances that are the subjects of tho statements ill the written agreement and are eutitled to place themselves in the same situation as the parties...and of the correct application of the language to tho things described. Shore v. Wilson, 9 Cl. & Fin. 569; Clayton v. Qrayson, 4 Nev. & Man. 606; Addisou... | |
 | Law - 1878 - 442 pages
...circumstances that are the subjects of the statements in the written agreement, and are entitled to place themselves in the same situation as the parties...application of the language to the things described. Shore vs. Wilson, 9 Cl. and Fin. 569 ; Clayton vs. Grayson, 4 Nev. and Man. 606 ; Addisou on Cont.... | |
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