Court Opinion

ID: 9450079
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 16:34:30.212967+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:32:08.477248
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SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
It is axiomatic that “hard cases make bad law”. Black’s Law Dictionary (3rd Edn.) p. 876. In the ease at bar the district court, in endeavoring to give relief to plaintiff, has probably made a new contract for the parties. Under the contract which really existed between the parties, plaintiff was entitled to commission credits on architectural services which had actually been authorized by Bell Savings and Loan Association and American National Bank of St. Paul. However the district court, by a process of interpretation, in effect extended the contractual rights of plaintiff in such a manner as to obliterate the importance of the prerequisite of authorization.