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LAUTERBACH v. BROWN

7 Wis.2d 240 (1959)

LAUTERBACH, Appellant, v. BROWN, d/b/a BARABOO CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 5, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Callahan & Arnold of Columbus, and oral argument by E. Clarke Arnold.

For the respondent there was a brief by Hill, Miller & Quale of Baraboo, and oral argument by James H. Hill, Jr.

HALLOWS, J.

The only question on this appeal is whether the defendant breached the lease by his failure to dump the waste material along the marsh. In construing a contract the court should give effect to all parts of the instrument and an interpretation which gives a reasonable meaning to all provisions is to be preferred to one which leaves part of the language useless or inexplicable. A construction which renders meaningless a provision expressed in the contract...

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