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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

Occupying the Nbighest standing in a particular classification. In a contract for “first-class” work, it is for the jury to decide as to whether the terms were substantially complied with; Boughton v. Smith, 67 Hun 652, 22 N. Y. Supp. 148. A stipulation in a contract that the title of the vehdor shall be first-class means simply that it shall be marketable; Vought v. Williams, 120 N. Y. 253, 24 N. B. 195, 8 L. R. A. 591, 17 Am. St. Rep. 634.