Stanley Matthews, Dingley v. Oler — Opinion of the Court
“ We agree in opinion with the circuit court that, according to the terms of the contract, the defendants had the option of delivering the ice contracted for at any time during the whole shipping season of 1880, giving to the plaintiffs reasonable notice of the time when fixed, and an opportunity to prepare for receiving and taking it away from the defendants' houses. ”
Stanley Matthews, Dingley v. Oler — Opinion of the Court
“ In view of the consequences sought to be deduced and claimed as a matter of law to follow, the defendants have a right to claim that their expressions, sought to be converted into a renunciation of the contract, shall not be enlarged by construction beyond their strict meaning. ”
Stanley Matthews, Dingley v. Oler — Opinion of the Court
“ The view taken by the circuit court of the correspondence and conduct of the parties, and which we hold to be erroneous, brought the case within the rule laid down by the English courts in Hochster v. De La Tour, 2 El. & Bl. 678; Frost v. Knight, L. R. 7 Exch. 111; Danube, etc., Ry. Co. v. Xenos, 11 C. B. (N. S.) 152 ”
