 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - 1891 - 662 pages
...Lemmon fully expected such a result; and independently of Sherman's intent, his language and acts should be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to suppose Lemmon understood them. The contract and acts of Sherman in this matter should be construed with reference... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1866 - 618 pages
...the whele instrument. Where the language of a promisor may be understood in more senses than one, it is to be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisce (Id). 21. Conditions and provisos in policies of insurance are to be construed strictly against... | |
 | 1885 - 548 pages
...give the contract the sense in which the promisor believed the other party to have accepted it, or in which he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee," and the practical interpretation of the contract, by the practice and conduct of the parties... | |
 | 1880 - 688 pages
...liberally construed, and where the language of the promissor may be understood in more senses than one, it is to be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to suppose it vas understood by the proinissee.— Wright etal. v. Williams, 560. 3. The terms "on vessel and cargo,"... | |
 | Horace Gay Wood - 1878 - 974 pages
...well as of ethics, that where the language of a promisor may be understood in more senses than one, it is to be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee. Potter v. O/Uario Iia. Co., 5 Hill, 149 ; liarlow v. Sciitt. '24 NY 40. It is also a familiar... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - 1879 - 750 pages
...Harmon, for respondent. Where the language of a proniissor may IK> understood in more senses than one, it is to be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to Opinion of the Court, per ALLEX, J. • suppose it was understood by the promisee. (Hoffman v. jfitna... | |
 | 1905 - 1104 pages
...well as of ethics that, where the language of a promisor may be understood in more senses than one, it is to be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to suppose It was understood by the promisee. It is also a familiar rule of law that, if it be left in doubt, in view of the general tenor... | |
 | 1892 - 1912 pages
...applies here, that, where the language of a promisor ma}7 be understood in more senses than one, it shall be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee. Barlow v. Scott, 24 NY 40; Hoffman v. Insurance Co., 32 NY 405; Potter v. Berthelet, 20 Fed.... | |
 | 1915 - 1248 pages
...well as of ethics, that where the language of a promisor may be understood in more senses than one, it is to be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee. * * * It is also a familiar rule of law that, if it be left in doubt, in view of the general... | |
 | 1884
...contract the sense in which the prisoner believed the other party to have v.l9,no.8— 33 accepted it, or in which he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee, " and the practical interpretation of the contract, by the practice and conduct of the parties... | |
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... the language of the promisor is to be interpreted in the sense in which he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee. 
