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SKELLY OIL CO. v. PETERSON

257 Wis. 300 (1950)

SKELLY OIL COMPANY, Appellant, vs. PETERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 30, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Benson, Butchart, Haley & Benson of Racine, and oral argument by Donald A. Butchart.

For the respondent there was a brief by Heft, Burgess & Brown of Racine, and oral argument by Carroll R. Heft and John R. Brown.

BROADFOOT, J.

The plaintiff contends that the trial court erroneously assumed that the use of the unexplained word "deposit" in the distributor agreements required the return of the money deposited to the distributor; that the use of the word "deposit" requires an expression of the disposition to be made of the money deposited; that the absence of such expression makes the word ambiguous and the agreement incomplete; therefore...

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