Commerce Trust Company v. Howard

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining where language of a contract is clear and unambiguous, the construction of a contract is a matter of law for the court to decide

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Emerick v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1988-07-26· cited 75×
• Busch & Latta Painting Corp. v. State Highway Commission
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1980-03-03· cited 49×
• Wilshire Construction Co. v. Union Electric Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1971-03-08· cited 41×
• Boswell v. Steel Haulers, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1984-04-17· cited 39×
• Laclede Investment Corp. v. Kaiser
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1980-01-15· cited 38×
• Vandever v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1986-02-25· cited 38×
• Mitchell v. Residential Funding Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2011-02-01· cited 32×
• Moore v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-07-12· cited 29×
• World Enterprises, Inc. v. Midcoast Aviation Services, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1986-07-15· cited 27×
• Watson Construction Co. v. Reppel Steel & Supply Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1979-06-12· cited 19×
• State Ex Rel. Howard v. Allison
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1968-08-08· cited 15×
• Tommy L. Barrett and Theodore A. Burbidge, II v. Safeway Stores, Incorporated
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-07-15· cited 14×
• Schmid v. Langenberg
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1975-08-19· cited 14×
• Anselmo v. Manufacturers Life Insurance
  W.D. Missouri· 1984-09-19· cited 13×
• Auto Owners Mutual Insurance Co. v. Wieners
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-04-30· cited 12×
• Medlock v. Farmers State Bank of Texas County
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1985-08-27· cited 10×
• National Garment Co. v. City of Paris
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-08-16· cited 7×
• Opies Milk Haulers, Inc. v. Twin City Fire Insurance Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-06-07· cited 7×
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Riss International Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1977-12-27· cited 6×
• Girardeau Contractors, Inc. v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-12-21· cited 6×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Charles F. Curry and Company v. Hedrick
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1964-05-01· cited 84×
• Commerce Trust Co. v. Watts
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1950-07-10· cited 75×
• Rogers v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1954-03-08· cited 50×
• Geoghegan Sons & Co. v. Arbuckle Bros.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1924-06-12· cited 43×
• Latta v. Robinson Erection Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1952-04-17· cited 25×
• National Corporation v. Allan
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1955-06-14· cited 20×
• Davison v. Rodes
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1956-01-07· cited 17×
• Prevost v. Wilkin
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1962-06-04· cited 12×
• Keyes Farm & Dairy Co. v. Prindle
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1913-04-08· cited 11×
• Ewing v. Von Nieda
  Eighth Circuit· 1935-03-18· cited 7×
• O'Donnell v. Epstein
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1955-06-14· cited 2×