Cenco Instruments Corp. v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 1975
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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““In construing a contract and determining the intention of the parties, the instrument should be read and considered as a whole.” Cenco Instruments Corp. v. Thomas, 80 Ill.App.2d 136, 140 , 225 N.E.2d 482 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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