 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1884 - 922 pages
...defendants below excepted, and assign the same as error. The cardinal rule of construction of contracts is to ascertain the intention of the parties, if that intention be clear and contravenes no rule of law, and sufficient words be used to arrive at the intention. Code, 2755. The... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1102 pages
...of instruments of this character Is to ascertain the intention of the parties. If the intention tie clear, and it contravenes no rule of law, and sufficient words be used to arrive thereat, it should be enforced, Irrespective of all technical rules of construction, and notwithstanding... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1102 pages
...3673 of the Civil Code declares: "The cardinal rule of construction is to ascertain the intentíob of the parties. If that Intention be clear, and it...all technical or arbitrary rules of construction." This cardinal rule of construction has several times by this court been applied to deeds, In cases... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1110 pages
...from what would prevail in cases of contracts generally. Section 3673 of the Civil Code declares that the cardinal rule of construction Is to ascertain...sufficient words be used to arrive at the intention, it should be enforced irrespective of all technical or arbitrary rules of construction. Section 3675,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1044 pages
...3673 of the Civil Codo declares that the cardinal rule of construction is to ascertain the Indention of the parties. If that intention be clear, and It...sufficient words be used to arrive at the intention, It should be enforced irrespective of all technical or arbitrary rules of construction. Section 3675,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1038 pages
...APPEAL— RECORD— REVIEW. 1. The cardinal rule of construction of deeds, as well as other contracts, is to ascertain the intention of the parties. If that intention be clear from the deed and circumstances of the transaction, and contravenes no rule of law, it should be enforced,... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 612 pages
...statute, and the question is whether there is any rule of construction by which it can be included. The cardinal rule of construction is to ascertain the intention of the legislature. But this must be ascertained from the language of the statute. If this language is plain... | |
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The cardinal rule of construction is to ascertain the intention of the parties. If that intention be clear, and it contravenes no rule of law, and sufficient words be used to arrive at the intention, it shall be enforced, irrespective of all technical... 