· 6/10/1980
Interway, Inc. v. Alagna
Citations
- 407 N.E.2d 615
- 85 Ill. App. 3d 1094
- 41 Ill. Dec. 117
- 1980 Ill. App. LEXIS 3190
How courts have described this case
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- noting that if a court finds a letter of intent’s language to be ambiguous, “parol evidence is admissible to explain and ascertain what the parties intended.” (quotation marks omitted)
- no contract exists where unambiguous letter of intent states “our purchase is subject to a definitive Purchase and Sale Contract to be executed by the parties”
- no contract exists where unambiguous letter of intent states \our purchase is subject to a definitive Purchase and Sale Contract to be executed by the parties\
- “[I]f the trial court classifies the writings as unambiguous, then the intention of the parties must necessarily be determined solely from the language used in the document.”
- where the court stated that, if the parties to a contract construe the execution of a formal agreement as a condition precedent, then no contract arises until that formal agreement is executed by both parties
- where the court stated that, if the parties to a contract construe the execution of a formal agreement as a condition precedent, then no contract arises until that formal agreement is executed by both parties
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Judges: Perlin
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