· 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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