BROWN BROS. v. Beam Constr.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that owner and subcontractor had contract despite the fact that the subcontractor’s written agreement was with the general contractor
• noting that Courts look to objective manifestations, such as a party’s words or deeds to determine intent
• stating that the “existence of a binding contract is not dependent on the subjective intent of either [party],” but rather on “the objective manifestations of the intent of the parties as gathered by their expressed words and deeds.”
• examining the “objective manifestations of the intent of the parties” to determine whether a parent was bound by a subsidiary’s contract
• “What is in the mind of the parties to a contract is evidenced by word or deed and must be determined therefrom.”
• “A release is a contract, and its construction is governed by contract law.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).