Kight v. Sheppard Bldg. Supply, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that how a party behaves under a contract “is relevant extrinsic evidence, and often the best evidence of what the contract requires [it] to do”
• what parties to a contract actually do provides the best evidence of what the contract required them to do
• question of whether either an agency or independent contractor relationship exists presents a question of fact
• what parties to a contract actually do provides the best evidence of what the contract required them to do
• “[T]he construction which the parties have placed upon the contract, or what the parties to the contract do thereunder, is relevant extrinsic evidence, and often the best evidence, of what the contract requires them to do.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).