Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• ‘‘[w]e assume no right to add a new term to a contract’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• in construing contract, court cannot disregard words used by parties or revise, add to, or create new agreement
• in construing contract, court cannot disregard words used by parties or revise, add to, or create new agreement
• “It is the general rule that competent persons shall have the utmost liberty of contracting and that their agreements, voluntarily and fairly made, shall be held valid and enforced in the courts.”
• “interpretation of a contract must be made in accordance with the terms employed in the instrument and a court cannot by that means disregard the words used by the parties or revise, add to, or create a new agreement”
• “interpretation of a contract must be made in accordance with the terms employed in the instrument and a court cannot by that means disregard the words used by the parties or revise, add to, or create a new agreement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).