When the terms of an agreement have been intended in a different sense by the parties, that sense is to prevail, against either party, in which the party supposed the other understood it. When different constructions of a provision are otherwise equally proper, that construction is to be taken which is most favorable to the party in whose favor the provision was made.
ORS 42.260
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Peace River Seed Co-Operative, Ltd. v. Proseeds Marketing, Inc. (2014)
Most recently applied in Ross Dress for Less, Inc. v. Makarios-Oregon, LLC (September 2016)
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Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.