MARTIN

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• N. Natural GAS Co. v. O'Malley, 277 F.2d 128 (8th Cir. 1960)
  …ction for an intangible asset with an elusive life length. Nachman v. Commissioner, 5 Cir., 191 F. 2d 934; KWTX Broadcasting Co. v. Commissioner, 5 Cir., 272 F. 2d 406; Meredith Publishing Co. v. Commissioner, 8 Cir., 64 F. 2d 890, certiorari denied 290 U.S. 646, 54 S.Ct. 64, 78 L.Ed. 560; National Weeklies v. Commissioner, 8 Cir., 137 F. 2d 39; Dodge Bros. v. United States, 4 Cir., 118 F. 2d 95; International Textbook Co. v. United States, Ct.Cl., 44 F. 2d 254; Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Commissioner, 6 B.T…
• Falstaff Brewing Corp. v. Iowa Fruit & Produce Co., 112 F.2d 101 (8th Cir. 1940)
  …because no definite quantity is named in the contract. Marrinan Medical Supply Co. v. Fort Dodge Serum Co., 8 Cir., 47 F. 2d 458, 462; E. I. DuPont, De Nemours & Co. v. Claiborne-Reno Co., 8 Cir., 64 F. 2d 224, 228, 89 A.L.R. 238, certiorari denied 290 U.S. 646, 54 S.Ct. 64, 78 L.Ed. 561. In such contracts, “uncertainty as to amount is inherent in their very nature. Where territory is to be exploited and orders to be solicited by salesmen, the number and amount of such orders cannot, of course, be foretol…
• Liberty Nat'l Bank & Tr. Co. v. Bank OF Am. Nat'l Tr. & Sav. Ass'n, 218 F.2d 831 (10th Cir. 1955)
  …struction which renders a contract possible of performance will be preferred to one which renders its performance impossible or meaningless. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Claiborne-Reno Co., 8 Cir., 64 F. 2d 224, 89 A.L.R. 238, certiorari denied 290 U.S. 646, 54 S.Ct. 64, 78 L.Ed. 561. But the intention of the parties, when manifest or when ascertained by appropriate means of construction, must control and be enforced. The provision contained in the letter of credit that March 31, 1951, should be the e…