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· 3/15/1849

Bacon v. City of Boston

Citations

  • 57 Mass. 174

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  • finding Appellants' alleged acts of selling their own property, moving into and working on a ranch, and spending over $150,000 to finish the ranch house were not unequivocally referable to a life estate when they could have been a down payment for purchase or payments on a lease
  • “[C]ourts must avoid an interpretation of a contract that leads to an absurd result.”

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Judges: Dewey

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