 | 1915
...of the defendant, and should be liberally construed in favor of the plaintiff. In the following case it was said : "The language of the promisor is to be interpreted in the sense in which lie had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee." White v. Hoyt. 73 NY 505. I think it... | |
 | Austin Wakeman Scott - 1919 - 858 pages
...effort to ascertain the construction which should be given to it, we are also to observe the rule that the language of the promisor is to be interpreted...he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee. White v. Hoyt, 73 NY 505, 511. At the time the uncle wrote the letter he was indebted to... | |
 | Ohio. Circuit Court - 1921 - 654 pages
...well as of ethics, that when 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 familiar rule of law, that if it be left in doubt, in view of the general... | |
 | Briscoe Baldwin Clark - 1922 - 1270 pages
...' ' 78 Consequently 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 believe it was understood by the promisee.79 As 74. Kinnear v. Powell, (Super. Ct. GT 1893) 3 Misc.... | |
 | Ernest Wilson Huffcut, Edwin Hamlin Woodruff - 1925 - 808 pages
...effort to ascertain the construction which should be given to it, we are also to observe the rule that the language of the promisor is to be interpreted...he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee. White v. Hoyt, 73 NY 505, 511. At the time the uncle wrote the letter he was indebted to... | |
 | George Purcell Costigan - 1925 - 1017 pages
...effort to ascertain the construction which should be given to it, we are also to observe the rule that the language of the promisor is to be interpreted...he had reason to suppose it was understood by the promisee. White v. Hoyt, 73 NY 505, 511. At the time the uncle wrote the letter he was indebted to... | |
 | 1905
...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. lt is also a familiar rule of law that, if it be left in doubt, in view of the general tenor... | |
 | 1918 - 1288 pages
...as of ethics, tliat 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," Hoffman v. 2Etn& Ins. Co., 32 NY 405, 413, 88 Am. Dee. 337; White v. Hoyt, 78 NY 505 ; Nellls... | |
 | 1917 - 934 pages
...in the syllabus :— "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." "Conditions and provisos in policies of insurance are to be construed strictly against the... | |
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