First American Bank v. J.S.C. Concrete Construction, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that waiver agreement contained two parts, one of which waived all claims and the other of which waived liens
• noting that “when two provisions of a contract appear to be mutually conflicting, they should be reconciled if a reasonable basis for reconciliation is afforded by the instrument’s language”
• construing contract documents as a whole, “the court will not treat any word or clause as meaningless if any reasonable interpretation consistent with the other portions of the contract can be ascribed to it”
• “Although [a mechanics’] lien is a creature of statute, the lien must have its foundation in a contract, with which the lien must correspond.”
• “When parties have entered into two documents relating to a business transaction, the writings will be construed together to determine the parties’ intent.”
• “Although [a mechanics’] lien is a creature of statute, the lien must have its foundation in a contract, with which the lien must correspond.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).