Hancock v. Planned Development Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing the rule of law, but noting that it will not control when the intentions of the parties are otherwise
• noting that \a specific description will control or limit a general description\
• trial court has no discretion to grant new trial absent showing of at least one circumstance in rule 59
• trial court has no discretion to grant new trial absent showing of at least one circumstance in rule 59
• trial court does not have discretion to grant new trial absent one of the grounds specified in the rule
• “The paramount rule of construction of deeds is to give effect to the intent of the parties as expressed in the deed as a whole.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).