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· 3/20/1950

Fischer & Porter Co. v. Porter

Citations

  • 364 Pa. 495
  • 72 A.2d 98
  • 1950 Pa. LEXIS 382
  • 39 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 313

How courts have described this case

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  • court held that the terms “refunds” and \repayments\ contained in a sales contract were technical terms, whose full meaning is ascertained by reference to the Code section providing for NOL carrybacks
  • “It is fundamental that ‘Technical terms and words of art are [to be] given their technical meaning unless the context or a usage which is applicable indicates a different meaning.’ And this rule is especially applicable where the words of art used are legal terms.”

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Judges: Man, Drew, Linn, Stern, Stearns, Jones

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