Irwin v. Company

The decree of the Court made in accordance with clearly findable facts must be affirmed.

During the trial much evidence bearing on the circumstances which surrounded the making of the contract, including the intention of the parties as expressed to each other, was introduced by both sides without objection.

"The basic idea that a contract is to be interpreted in the light of the surrounding circumstances has been applied in this jurisdiction from early times.” Pettee v. Chapter, 86 N. H. 419, 424, 425, and cases cited. See also, Occhipinti v. Weiner, 91 N. H. 388, 389. The finding of the…