Callahan v. Stanley

Citations

• 57 Cal. 476

Syllabus

<p>Evidence—Usage — Stubble — Technical Teem — Consteuction of Contract.—If words in a contract have a special meaning given to them by usage, the meaning should be followed. So, held, in a case where the term “ stubble ” was used in a lease, and evidence was offered to show that by the custom of the country in the locality of the premises, the term included grain remaining uncut after the period of harvest.</p>