· 5/6/1872
Holmes v. Sevier
Citations
- 154 U.S. 582
- 14 S. Ct. 1203
- 1872 U.S. LEXIS 1213
Syllabus
<p>The liability of the maker of a note given for the purchase of slaves before the civil war was not affected by their emancipation.</p>
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- holding that when a contract “is ambiguous and indefinite, and, on the interpretation thereof, the acts and conduct of the parties in the application of its terms and carrying them into effect, amounting to contemporaneous or practical construction, are entitled to great weight.”
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Judges: Swayne
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