Frost National Bank v. L & F Distributors, Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that an agreement is not ambiguous where, “after the pertinent rules of con- struction are applied, the contract can be given a definite or certain legal meaning”
• concluding that an agreement is not ambiguous where, “after the pertinent rules of con- struction are applied, the contract can be given a definite or certain legal meaning”
• stating that “[w]e construe contracts from a utilitarian standpoint, bearing in mind the particular business activity,” and avoid unreasonable constructions
• holding that we should avoid constructions that render contract terms meaningless
• holding that we should avoid constructions that render contract terms meaningless
• stating that when construing contracts, courts “will avoid when possible and proper a construction which is unreasonable, inequitable, and oppressive.”

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