Jack Frost v. Nathanael Davis

TUTTLE, Chief Judge:

This appeal requires that the Court construe a written contract between several parties who were associated in the exploration and development of petroleum properties in Cuba. While the trial court stated, in dismissing the complaint brought by appellant, that “the plaintiff has not proven either count of his complaint by a preponderance of the evidence,” the case was submitted to the trial court on a stipulation, and involved simply and solely the construction of a written contract in the light of other written contracts embodied by reference. We, therefore, find no…