HUGHES v. DUNDEE MORTGAGE CO.

No. 306.

140 U.S. 98 (1891)

HUGHES v. DUNDEE MORTGAGE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.N. Dolph for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J. Percy Keating and Mr. Thomas De Witt Cuyler for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

It has been necessary to state the facts at length in order to make the case intelligible. But the questions of law lie within a narrow compass.

The scope and effect of the contract in question depended wholly upon written correspondence, and in no degree upon extrinsic circumstances, and were, therefore, to be determined by the court. Goddard v. Foster, 17...

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