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Contracts

Interpretation

2 case briefs on interpretation in Contracts, each with the citation in the book’s form. All Contracts briefs

  • Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

    Wood v. Lucy, 118 N.E. 214 (N.Y. 1917).

    Did Wood's exclusive-agency agreement with Lady Duff-Gordon contain an implied promise by Wood to use reasonable efforts, so that it was a contract, even though the writing did not state that promise in so many words?

    New York Court of Appeals

  • Frigaliment Importing Co. v. B.N.S. International Sales Corp.

    Frigaliment Importing Co. v. B.N.S. Int’l Sales Corp., 190 F. Supp. 116 (S.D.N.Y. 1960).

    Did the contracts use “chicken” in the narrower sense of young birds suitable for broiling and frying, or in the broader sense of any bird of that genus meeting the specifications?

    United States District Court for the Southern District of New York