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Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 157 (2026)
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The whole of a contract is to be taken together, so as to give effect to every part, if reasonably practicable, each clause helping to interpret the others. R.L.1910, § 951.
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Cited in 72
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1958–2026 · leading case: Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co. v. Lexington Ins. Co., 845 F.3d 1330 (10th Cir. 2017).
Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co. v. Lexington Ins. Co., 845 F.3d 1330 (10th Cir. 2017). “” Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 157 (2016). “The terms of the parties’ contract, if unambiguous, clear, and consistent, are accepted in their plain and ordinary sense, and the contract will be enforced to carry out the intention of the parties .”
Nat'l Am. Ins. v. Am. Re-Ins. Co., 358 F.3d 736 (10th Cir. 2004). “Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 15, § 157 . If a contract is ambiguous, the trial court may admit parol evidence to aid in interpretation.”
Cossey v. Cherokee Nation Enter., LLC, 2009 OK 6 (Okla. 2009). “" Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 157 . ¶ 6 Proper construction of this Compact requires an acknowledgment that the two sovereign governments were acutely aware that "[t]ribal courts' jurisdiction to adjudicate matters arising in Indian country is broad, encompassing all civil and…”
Frank v. Allstate Ins. Co., 727 P.2d 577 (Okla. 1986). “1981 § 158 [6] provides that even if there are several contracts relating to the same matters between the same parties which are made substantially one transaction, the contracts are to be construed together.”
Pitco Prod. Co. v. Chaparral Energy, Inc., 2003 OK 5 (Okla. 2003). “The terms of 15 O.S.1991 § 157 state: The whole of a contract is to be taken together, so as to give effect to every part, if reasonably practicable, each clause helping to interpret the others.”
Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Admiral Ins. Co., 905 P.2d 760 (Okla. 1995). “" Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 157 (1991). Second: The words of a contract are to be understood in their ordinary and popular sense, rather than according to their strict legal meaning, unless used by the parties in a technical sense, or unless a special meaning is given to them by…”
Haworth v. Jantzen, 2006 OK 35 (Okla. 2006). “" Title 36 0.$.2001 § 3621 provides: "Every insurance contract shall be construed according to the entirety of its terms and conditions as set forth in the policy and as amplified, extended, or modified by any rider, endorsement, or application attached to and made a part of the…”
Pettigrew v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Oklahoma Dep't of Pub. Saf., 722 F.3d 1209 (10th Cir. 2013). “’ Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 157 (2011).” Scungio v.”
Mercury Inv. Co. v. F.W. Woolworth Co., 706 P.2d 523 (Okla. 1985). “15 O.S.1981 § 157. 9 . 15 O.S.1981 § 160.”
Panhandle Coop. Royalty Co. v. Cunningham, 495 P.2d 108 (Okla. 1971). “In taking the whole contract together so as to give effect to every part, 15 O.S.1961, § 157, there is one other recital in the granting clause that must be harmonized with the grant of oil and gas and with the provisions that refer to the monetary accruals from oil and gas…”
Holleyman v. Holleyman, 2003 OK 48 (Okla. 2003). “" 15 O.S.2001 § 157: "The whole of a contract is to be taken together, so as to give effect to every part, if reasonably practicable, each clause helping to interpret the others.”
Lewis v. Sac & Fox Tribe of Oklahoma Hous. Auth., 896 P.2d 503 (Okla. 1994). “15 O.S.1991 § 157; Mercury, supra note 72 at 529.”
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