John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., Etc. v. Carolina Power & Light Company and Irving Trust Company

How courts have described this case

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• confirming, in a footnote, as a general principle, that definitive contract language will trump any general recitation of the parties’ intent that is inconsistent with that definitive language
• finding “no evidence of deception, fraud, or inequitable conduct” where the agreement was available for review by the plaintiff, holding that it “should have been aware of the provisions . . . after a thorough reading of the contract”
• “New York law recognizes that definitive, particularized contract language takes precedence over expressions of intent that are general, summary, or preliminary.”
• “New York law recognizes that definitive, particularized contract language takes precedence over expressions of intent that are general.”
• “New York law recognizes that definitive, particularized contract language takes precedence over expressions of intent that are general.”
• “New York law recognizes that definitive, particularized contract language takes precedence over expressions of intent that are general, summary, or preliminary.”

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