Rosenau v. Lansing

On Petition eor Rehearing.

(234 Rae. 270.)

BROWN, J.

For a full statement of the facts in this case, and a copy of the contract for the sale and delivery of nursery stock, see Rosenau v. Lansing (Or.), 232 Pac. 648.

A familiar rule of law is stated thus:

“The cardinal principle in the construction of all contracts, including contracts of sale, is to ascertain the intention of the parties, and give effect thereto, if it can be collected from the instrument and the circumstances without the violation of some settled legal principle. So the courts in the construction of contracts of sale for the…