The rules already given under the subject of Statutory Construction as to the meaning to be given to words and phrases, and the force to be given to punctuation marks and grammatical construction will apply also in the case of the construction of contracts. They are therefore, not repeated.

15 United States vs. Central Pac. R.

Co., 118 U. S., 235; Crittenden vs. Frency, 21 I11., 598; Alfree vs. Gates, 82 Iowa. 119. 16 Peckham vs. Haddock, 36 I11., 38;

Cravens vs. Eagle Cotton Mills Co., 120 Ind., 6. 17 Adams vs. Valentine, 33 Fed.

Rep., 1; Osgood vs. Abbott, 58

Me., 74. 18 Douglas vs. Lewis, 131 U. S., 75;

Marshall vs. Niles, 8 Conn.

369; Grass vs. Houchin, 6 Ky.

L. Rep., 442; Lincoln vs.

Wilder, 29 Me., 169. 19 Rice vs. Minnesota, etc., R. Co.,

1 Black, 350; Bowling Green, etc., R. Co. vs. Warren County

Ct., 10 Buch, 711. 20 Parker vs. Great Western R. Co.,

7 Scott, N. R., 835, 870; Col-21 man vs. Eastern Country R.

Co., 10 Beav., 1; Gray vs.

Liverpool & B. R. Co., 4 R. &

C. Cos., 240. 21 Volume XI, Subject 37.