Legal Opinion
Keller Industries, Inc. v. Fineberg
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 31, 1967No. 66-1058PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWANN, Judge.
Judge Cardozo once observed that, “Few words are so plain that the context or the *645occasion is without capacity to enlarge or narrow their extension.”1
In 1964, Keller Industries, Inc. (purchaser) entered into an eight page agreement to purchase all of the issued common stock of Silby-Dolcourt Chemical Industries, Inc. The agreement provided, inter alia:
“3. Payment for the said stock * * shall be made in the following manner:
“a. Upon execution hereof or as soon thereafter as is necessary for the stock to be issued by the transfer agent through normal channels, PURCHASER will…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Surace v. DannaNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In re City Bank Farmers Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1958
- Pew TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- In re the Intermediate Accounting of Security Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1956
- In re the Accounting of Bankers Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1958
3Cited by2 opinions
- Matter of Estate of DawsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1994
- Danaher v. C. N. Flagg & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1980