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· 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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