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  "id": 856630,
  "name": "World's Fair Hotel and Boarding Bureau v. Katherine L. Courtright",
  "name_abbreviation": "World's Fair Hotel & Boarding Bureau v. Courtright",
  "decision_date": "1895-01-10",
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  "first_page": "281",
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    "parties": [
      "World\u2019s Fair Hotel and Boarding Bureau v. Katherine L. Courtright."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Gary\ndelivered the opinion of the Court.\nThis suit was brought upon the following contract:\n\u201c Booms only. Bo. rooms, eight. Cap., twenty people. Bates, $1.50.\nThis article of agreement, made and entered into by and between Miss Katherine L. Courtright, of Chicago, proprietor of Bo. 4228 Grand Boulevard, party of the first part, and the World\u2019s Fair Hotel and Boarding Bureau, of Chicago, Illinois, party of the second part.\nThe party of the first part agrees to devote and set aside for the exclusive use of the patrons of said bureau, eight bedrooms in above mentioned premises for and during the entire period of the World\u2019s Fair in 1893, at a net rate of \u00a71.60 per day for each person.\n. The party of the first part appoints, and by these presents does make and constitute the party of the second part the exclusive agent of the party of. the first part to secure and assign guests to occupy the above described rooms during the continuance of the World\u2019s Fair, with full power and authority to collect for the same in- advance.\nThe party of the first part further agrees to receive and entertain such guests, to honor and receive the tickets issued by the party of the second part for accommodations in above named house.\nThe party of the first part further agrees to keep said premises clean and tidy; that guests placed in said premises shall have clean and comfortable beds; that no guest shall be allowed to occupy a room for a longer time than the bureau ticket held by such guest calls for.\nThe World\u2019s Fair Hotel and Boarding Bureau, party of the second part, accepts the exclusive agency for providing-occupants for the rooms in said premises during the World\u2019s Fair in 1893, and undertakes to keep them comfortably filled with guests during the entire term, varying with the attendance to the fair; agrees to redeem on demand at their general offices all tickets sold by the party of the second part, and taken up and presented by the party of the first part at the net rate above written.\nIt is understood and agreed by the parties hereto, that a record of said rooms shall be kept by the bureau and filled as soon as possible after they become vacant, the object being to keep them steadily occupied, that the party of the first part may lose as little time as possible in changing occupants.\nIt is further understood that the party of the first part shall pay one dollar contracting fee, and the cost of inspection and diagraming, twenty-five cents for each room, contracted for. If not accepted by the inspector this contract is to be void, and no inspection fee to be charged.\nSigned in duplicate by the parties hereto, in the city of Chicago, this 3d day of April, 1893.\nKatherine L. Courtrigiit,\nWorld\u2019s Fair Hotel and Boarding Bureau.\nJ. J. 0. Curry,\nAttest: President.\nChas. A. Sweetland,\n\u00bbAssistant Secretary.\nFrom June 1st, \u201993, to Oct. 1st, '93.\nThe term ' comfortably filled\u2019 in this contract is a patronage of at least two-thirds the capacity of the rooms during the entire season, as reported by inspector.\nChas. A. Sweetland, Ass\u2019t Sec\u2019y.\nInspection May 29tli.\u201d\nThis appeal is based upon a construction of that contract which rejects the clause of the contract in these words: \u201c And undertakes to keep them comfortably filled with guests during the entire term, varying with the attendance of the fair.\u201d Such a construction is not permissible.\nThe appellant looked doubtless for profit in letting lodgings at a higher rate than $1.50 per day, and made the contract in order to secure the lodgings, itself taking the risk of securing the lodgers. There is nothing else in the case, and the judgment is affirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Gary"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Hoyne, Follansbee & O\u2019Connor, attorneys for appellant.",
      "Wagner & Kendig, attorneys for appellee."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "World\u2019s Fair Hotel and Boarding Bureau v. Katherine L. Courtright.\n1. Construction of Contracts\u2014All Material Portions to be Considered.\u2014In construing a contract all facts must be taken into consideration, so as to give effect to the entire instrument, according to the intent of the contracting parties.\nMemorandum.\u2014Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. Submitted at the October term, 1894.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed January 10, 1895.\nHoyne, Follansbee & O\u2019Connor, attorneys for appellant.\nWagner & Kendig, attorneys for appellee."
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  "file_name": "0281-01",
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