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· 6/1/1931

Great Northern Railway Co v. Delmar Co.

Citations

  • 283 U.S. 686
  • 51 S. Ct. 579
  • 75 L. Ed. 1349
  • 1931 U.S. LEXIS 872

How courts have described this case

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  • applying canon of construction to tariff that “where two constructions of a written contract are possible, preference will be given to that which does not result in violation of law”
  • “where two constructions of a written contract are possible, preference will be given to that which does not result in violation of law”
  • “[W]here two constructions of a written contract are possible, preference will be given to that which does not result in violation of law.”

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Judges: Roberts

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