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BROWN v. SHAFFER GRAIN CO.

Nos. 2000, 2001.

15 F.2d 514 (1926)

BROWN et al. v. J. C. SHAFFER GRAIN CO. CALEDONIA MILLS CO., Inc., v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 4, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace Guild, of Boston, Mass. (P. J. Ashe, of North Adams, Mass., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Joseph N. Welch, of Boston, Mass. (Richard W. Hale, David Burstein, and Hale & Dorr, all of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In these two actions for breach of contract, tried together, the court below ordered verdicts for the plaintiff. The sole question is as to the correctness of that ruling. Most of the material evidence consists of writings — contracts, letters, and telegrams. Their construction is, of course, for the court, and not for the jury. Goddard v. Foster, 17 Wall, 123, 142, 21 L. Ed. 589; Kutztown Foundry & M. Co. v. Sloss-Sheffield, S...

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