Judd v. Walker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Transferred from St. ÍjOuís Court of Appeals. (1) (a) It is the duty of the court to construe the terms of a contract. Keaton v. Boughton, 83 Mo. App. 165; State ex rel. v. Lefaiyre, 53 Mo. 471; Chapman v. Railroad, 114 Mo. 551; Ford v. Dyer, 148 Mo. 541; Edwards v. Smith, Admr., 63 Mo. 127. And as far as possible the construction the parties have given to a contract will to a large extent govern the court in construing the terms of such contract. St. Joseph II.
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Transferred from St. ÍjOuís Court of Appeals. (1) (a) It is the duty of the court to construe the terms of a contract. Keaton v. Boughton, 83 Mo. App. 165; State ex rel. v. Lefaiyre, 53 Mo. 471; Chapman v. Railroad, 114 Mo. 551; Ford v. Dyer, 148 Mo. 541; Edwards v. Smith, Admr., 63 Mo. 127. And as far as possible the construction the parties have given to a contract will to a large extent govern the court in construing the terms of such contract. St. Joseph II. D. Co. v. Railroad, 131 Mo. 291; Meyer v. Christopher, 176 Mo. 580; Sawyer v. Sanderson & Thomas, 113 Mo. App. 233; St. Louis v.…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
Judd, the plaintiff, resides in Brook-line, Massachusetts, but is in business at Dwight, Illinois. Bourland resides at Pontiac, Illinois. The defendants, Walker and Naxera, reside in Buffalo township, Pike county, Missouri. Naxera owned two tracts *318of land in Pike county, Illinois. Walker was Naxera’s agent to sell them. Bonrland was Judd’s agent to buy them. So acting, at a certain time Bonrland purchased from Walker said tracts of Illinois land. Judd and Bourland were strangers in that vicinity and unfamiliar with the lands. Walker and Naxera were familiar with the lands and Walker made…
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