Topic: a contract is ambiguous when it is susceptible to more than… · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 16 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Abbey Villas Development Corp. v. Site Contractors, Inc..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Abbey Villas Development Corp. v. Site Contractors, Inc. Anchor
indctapp · 1999
green “a contract is ambiguous when it is susceptible to more than one interpretation and reasonably intelligent persons would honestly differ as to its meaning.” 4
2 Roy A. Miller & Sons, Inc. v. Industrial Hardwoods Corp.
indctapp · 2002
green “a contract term is not ambiguous merely because the parties disagree about the term's meaning.” 4
3 Roy A. Miller & Sons, Inc. v. Industrial Hardwoods Corp.
indctapp · 2002
green “contract term is not ambiguous merely because the parties disagree about the term's meaning.” 4
4 Art Country Squire, L.L.C. v. Inland Mortgage Corp.
indctapp · 2001
green “the meaning of a contract is to be determined from an examination of all of its provisions, not from a consideration of individual words, phrases, or even paragraphs read alone.” 4

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