279 Ga. App. 696 - Lovell v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on General Electric Credit Corp. v. Brooks · 237 Ga. App. 656 - Schwartz v. Harris Waste Management Group, Inc. · 197 Ga. App. 371 - Southeast Atlantic Cargo Operators, Inc. v. First State Insurance · 146 Ga. App. 845 - Vines v. Citizens Trust Bank · 202 Ga. App. 610 - Crenshaw v. Georgia Underwriting Ass'n
Most-quoted passages
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“In this State [,] the construction of contracts involves three steps. At least initially, construction is a matter of law for the court. First, the trial court must decide whether the language is clear and unambiguous. If it is, the court simply enforces the contract according to its clear terms; the contract alone is looked to for its meaning. Next, if the contract is ambiguous in some respect, the court must apply the rules of contract construction to resolve the ambiguity. Finally, if the ambiguity remains after applying the rules of construction, the issue of what the ambiguous language means and what the parties intended must be resolved by a jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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