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CUMMINGS v. CUMMINGS

34951.

89 Ga. App. 529 (1954)

80 S.E.2d 204

CUMMINGS v. CUMMINGS, Executor.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 20, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erle M. Donalson, for plaintiff in error.

Julian Webb, contra.

GARDNER, P. J.

1. It is the cardinal and fundamental rule that in construing contracts the entire writing is to be taken into consideration to ascertain the intent of the parties and, if the same can be ascertained, that intention should govern. Bridges v. Home Guano Co., 33 Ga.App. 305, 309 (125 S. E. 872), and cit. The court, in its decision of the law of this case, evidently followed and applied this principle...

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