Act No. 190 Section 289

For construction of an instrument circumstances may be shown.

Section 289

SEC. 289. For construction of an instrument circumstances may be shown. — For the proper construction of an instrument, the circumstances under which it is made, including the situation of the subject of the instrument and the parties to it, may also be shown, so that the judge may be placed in the position of those whose language he is to interpret.

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