Appellate Court of Illinois· 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

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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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