· 12/7/1993
Castle v. McKnight
Citations
- 866 P.2d 323
- 116 N.M. 595
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- providing that when a contract is silent as to the time of performance a reasonable time will be implied
- declining to interpret a contract provision in a manner that would divest another provision of all “practical meaning”
- declining to interpret a contract to divest one provision of all “practical meaning”
- Court expresses preference for allowing parties to contract as they wish
- Court expresses preference for allowing parties to contract as they wish
- “While a court will not imply a standard of reasonableness in the face of the parties’ expressed intent to the contrary, if a contract is silent regarding the manner of performance, ‘a term which is reasonable in the circumstances is supplied by the court.’ ” (citation omitted)
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Judges: Ransom, Montgomery, Franchini
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