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Canal Company v. Hill/Dissent Strong

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723964Canal Company v. Hill — DissentWilliam Strong
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82 U.S. 94

Canal Company  v.  Hill


Mr. Justice STRONG, with whom concurred Mr. Justice DAVIS, dissenting:

I dissent from the judgment given in this case. In my opinion, it practically makes a new contract for the parties; a contract to which they never agreed. It holds that what, at most, was an expectation of results amounts to a binding obligation that they shall follow. To this I cannot agree.

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