· 5/14/1886
Fraim v. Sharon Valley Malleable & Gray Iron Co.
Citations
- 27 F. 457
- 1886 U.S. App. LEXIS 2112
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- “There is no more likely way to misapprehend the meaning of language — be it in a constitution, a statute, a will or a contract — than to read the words literally, forgetting the object which the document as a whole is meant to secure.”
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Judges: Shipman
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