Brown v. J. C. Shaffer Grain Co.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In these two actions for breach of contract, tried together, the court below ordered verdicts for the plaintiff. The sole question is as to the correctness of that ruling. Most of the material evidence consists of writings — contracts, letters, and telegrams. Their construction is, of course, for the court, and not for the jury. Goddard v. Foster, 17 Wall, 123, 142, 21 L. Ed. 589; Kutztown Foundry & M. Co. v. Sloss-Sheffield, S. & I. Co. (C. C. A.) 279 F. 627; Petoskey Cement Co. v. Benjamin (C. C. A.) 296 F. 9; Kalamazoo Ice Co. v. Gerber (C. C. A.) 4 F.(2d) 235, 240.

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