James Moore Wayne,
Iron v. Corning — Opinion of the Court
“ Comyns's Digest, Title Agreement, C. So if a man promise payment, without saying to whom, it shall be intended to him from whom the consideration comes. Cro. Eliz. 149. And upon a promise of payment, according to the rate of forty shillings per ton, it shall be intended that payment will be made for the odd pounds, according to the same rate. Yelverton, 134.The practical construction of both parties has been in conformity to the interpretation on which the defendants insist. ”
