49 So. 75 | Ala. | 1909
We fully recognize the rule that in the construction of contracts the whole instrument should be considered in determining the meaning of any or all of its parts. The contract should be supported, if possible, rather than defeated. All parts should be construed, if possible, so as to give validity and effect to each, and all instruments should be construed contra proferentem; that is, against him who gives, or undertakes, or enters into an obligation. — Comer v. Bankhead, 70 Ala. 136; 2 Parsons on Contracts, 13 16; Chicago v. Sheldon, 9 Wall, 50, 19 L. Ed. 594. But we think the contract under consideration, after applying the foregoing rule against the appellee to its construction clearly and unreservedly gave the apellee the right to terminate
The trial court did not err in sustaining the defendant’s demurrers to the complaint, and the judgment of the city court is affirmed.
Affirmed.