...section may be maintained as if this section were in effect on the date they were commenced. § 1647. A contract may be explained by reference to the circumstances...which it was made, and the matter to which it relates. § 1648. However broad may be the terms of a contract, it extends only to those things concerning which...

...interpretation. The provisions of the contract regarding compensation are uncertain and ambiguous. Such a contract 'may be explained by reference to the circumstances...which it was made, and the matter to which it relates" (Civ. Code., sec. 1647); it is to be "interpreted most strongly against the party who caused the uncertainty...

...CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING SALE — INTENTION OF PARTIES. — The written contract of sale of the harvester may be explained by reference to the circumstances...which it was made, and the matter to which it relates; and evidence of the circumstances attending the sale is admissible to aid the court in arriving at...

...application of a well defined exception to the rule that "a contract may be explained by refeience to the circumstances under which it was made and the matter to which it relates". (Civ. Code, sec. 1647.) This is so, we apprehend, because while ordinarily the subject matter and identity...