State Ex Rel. Department of Agriculture & Markets v. Badger Dairy, Inc.

The only question on appeal is whether the deposited federal farm-mortgage bond of appellant Heggestad stands as security for the unpaid indebtedness of Whiting Dairy Company assumed by Badger Dairy, Inc., in the contract of January 20, 1937. In order to determine this question we must look to the contract entered into between Daiyy and Co-operative on January 20, 1937.

The law applicable to the interpretation of contracts is not in dispute. All parts of the contract must be read together and its provisions not isolated as if they stood alone. Ogden v. Straus Building Corp. (1925) 187 Wis.…