261 Ga. App. 39 - Thomas v. B & I LENDING, LLC’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 246 Ga. App. 71 - Deep Six, Inc. v. Abernathy · Horwitz v. Weil · 242 Ga. App. 662 - Kuehn v. Selton & Associates, Inc. · Beaulieu of America, Inc. v. L. T. Dennard & Co. · 251 Ga. App. 314 - Sheridan v. Crown Capital Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“Construction of a contract by the court involves three steps. First, if no ambiguity appears, the trial court enforces the contract according to its terms irrespective of all technical or arbitrary rules of construction. Secondly, if ambiguity does appear, the existence or nonexistence of an ambiguity is a question of law for the court. Finally, a jury question arises only when there appears to be an ambiguity in the contract which cannot be negated by the court’s application of the statutory rules of construction. 3”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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