American Steam Laundry Co. v. Riverside Printing Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Lawrence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for alleged breach of contract. Plaintiff claims that there was a written contract between it and defendant by which defendant agreed to furnish plaintiff with live and exhaust steam for the operation of its laundry.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Lawrence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for alleged breach of contract. Plaintiff claims that there was a written contract between it and defendant by which defendant agreed to furnish plaintiff with live and exhaust steam for the operation of its laundry. It is plaintiffs contention that the contract provided that defendant should furnish this steam as long as plaintiff occupied certain premises adjoining or near the premises on which defendant conducted its printing business.…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
It is contended by the defendant that the court erred in holding that the clause in the contract declaring that defendant was to furnish plaintiff steam “while in the building ‘ occupied and used by them as a steam laundry, being building numbered rear 210-212 front Third street,” defined a period of time for which steam was to be furnished.
The words of this clause are -to be construed and understood in their ordinary and common acceptation when applied to the subject in relation to which they are used and the facts and circumstances of the transaction. The word “while” as here employed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Superior v. Douglas County Telephone Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- Treat v. HilesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- McCall Co. v. IcksWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Walsh v. MyersWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Eastern Railway Co. v. TuteurWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
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