Blaine v. Publishers George Knapp & Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. (1) The interpretation placed upon the contract by the petition is the only one consistent with the words and provisions thereof, and the only one which makes it reasonable and just as between the parties. ■Goode v. St. Louis, 113 Mo. 257; The Huse-Loomis Ice <& Trans.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. (1) The interpretation placed upon the contract by the petition is the only one consistent with the words and provisions thereof, and the only one which makes it reasonable and just as between the parties. ■Goode v. St. Louis, 113 Mo. 257; The Huse-Loomis Ice <& Trans. Go. v. Heinze, 102 Mo. 245; Lilis v. Harrison, 104 Mo. 270; Johnson County v. Wood, 84 Mo. 489; Bishop on Contracts, sec. 588; 2 Parsons on Contracts, pp. 494-499. (1) The averments of the petition as to the legal effect of the contract sued upon are not admitted by the demurrer. (2)…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This action was begun in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis for damages for the breach of a contract theretofore entered into by plaintiff and Chas. W. Knapp, publisher of the Republic, a newspaper published in said city. The petition, leaving off the formal parts, is as follows:
“And now comes the plaintiff, William T. Blaine, and for cause of action states that the defendant Publishers George Knapp & Company, is and was at the time herein mentioned, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Missouri for the object of printing and publishing newspapers, periodicals,…
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