City of Pinehurst v. Spooner Addition Water Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that absent ambiguity, “the construction of the written instrument is a question of law for the Court”
• providing no discussion and raising no issue about the parties’ intent to contract around industry custom and usage
• considering parties’ negotiations and drafts as part of the “surrounding circumstances” to “settle the meaning of the contract”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).