...receive such an interpreta- interpret* tion as will make it lawful,' operative,2 definite,3 favorof reasonable,* and capable of being carried into effect,...can be done without violating the intention of the parties.5 1 Co. Litt. 42 ; 2 Blacks. Com., 380 ; Chit. Coat. (4(A ed), 80; Sterry v. Clifton, 9 OB,...

...receive such an interpretafavorof tion as will make it lawful, operative, definite, reasoncoBtract able, and capable of being carried into effect, if it can...done without violating the intention of the parties. NOTE.— " Lawful."— Co. Litt., p. 42; 2 Blacks. Com., p. 380; Chit. Cont. (4th ed.), p. 80; Sterry...

...made as parts of substantially one transaction, are to be taken together. § 1643. A contract mnst receive such an interpretation as will make it lawful,...done without violating the intention of the parties. § 1644. The words of a contract are to be understood in their ordinary and popular sense, rather than...

...one transaction, are to be taken together. § 1643. A contract must receive such an interpretation aa will make it lawful, operative, definite, reasonable,...done without violating the intention of the parties. § 1644. The words of a contract are to be understood in their ordinary and popular sense, rather than...

...contract must receive such an interpretation as will make it lawful,6 operative,7 definite,8 reasonable,9 and capable of being carried into effect, if it can...done without violating the intention of the parties. 25. A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is made,10...

...Code, §2837. One of these rulos is that a contract must be interpreted so as to make it operative, and capable of being carried into effect, if it can...done without violating the intention of the parties. Id. §1043. But to give the undertaking the construction contended for by the appellants would be to...

...contracting may be effectuated. Civ. Code, §§ 1030, Ki42. So viewed, It must receive an Interpretation that will make It lawful, operative, definite, reasonable, and capable of being carried into effect if this can be done without violating the evident intention of the parties, and if uncertainty exists...

...interests. .Section 1643 of the Civil Code provides that "a contract must receive such an interpret¿ition as will make it lawful, operative, definite, reasonable, and capable of being carried into effeit, if it can be done without violating the intention of the parties." The reference to the land...

...in favor of the grantor" (Id. i 1060). But the most decisive principle applying to the case is that "a contract must receive such an interpretation as will make it lawful" and "reasonable" (Id. § 1043); for it cannot be supposed that the parties had in contemplation the...

...contract is void." Civ. Code, § 159S. We must give the contract such an interpretation as will make it "operative, definite, reasonable, and capable of being carried into effect, if it сад be done without violating the intention of the parties" (Id. § КПЗ,); r.nd we must give...