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· 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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