Topic: a contract is ambiguous when its terms are reasonably and f… · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 14 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 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Jeffrey M. Poe.

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1 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Jeffrey M. Poe Anchor
ca6 · 1998
green “a contract is ambiguous when its terms are reasonably and fairly susceptible to multiple understandings and meanings.” 5
2 Parameter Driven Software, Inc. v. Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company
ca6 · 1994
green “a contract is ambiguous when its terms are reasonably and fairly susceptible to multiple understandings and meanings.” 3
3 Murphy v. Seed-Roberts Agency, Inc.
michctapp · 1977
green “policies of insurance are much the same as other contracts; they are matters of agreement by the parties and the job of the courts is to determine what that agreement was and enforce it accordingly.” 3
4 Clevenger v. Allstate Insurance
mich · 1993
green “plain, ordinary, and popular sense.” 3

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