Edison Electric Co. v. City of Pasadena
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California. Action by the Edison Electric Company against the City of Pasadena. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The written instrument upon which this action was brought is as follows: “Contract. “Leasing Street Lighting System.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California. Action by the Edison Electric Company against the City of Pasadena. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The written instrument upon which this action was brought is as follows: “Contract. “Leasing Street Lighting System. "This instrument, executed in duplicate by the city of Pasadena, a municipal corporation within the county of Los Angeles, state of California, and herein called ’the city,’ and the Edison Electric Company, a corporation organized under the laws…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). One of the errors of counsel for the plaintiff in error lies ill the assumption that, unless the contract in question expressly states that it provides for the lighting of the streets of the city, no such intention can be attributed to the instrument as the case is presented. That is not at all so. It is often easy to ascertain the true meaning of a written instrument by taking it by its four corners, even though expression of its real intention be purposely concealed. Quite true it is, as said by counsel, that in its caption the agreement is called…
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