184 So. 3d 280 - Van Mol v. Beasley’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 549 So. 2d 840 - Rosell v. Esco · Louisiana Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. · 956 So. 2d 583 - Sims v. Mulhearn Funeral Home, Inc. · McCarroll v. McCarroll · 451 So. 2d 557 - Kenner Industries, Inc. v. Sewell Plastics, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]hen a contract can be construed from the four corners of the instrument without looking to extrinsic evidence, the question of contractual interpretation is answered as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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