Lesville James v. Zurich-American Insurance Company Of Illinois

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he consistent practical construction given to that provision by the parties to the contract controls its terms.”
• “Where the parties have attached the same meaning to a promise or agreement or a term thereof, it is interpreted in accordance with that meaning.”
• “[A] basic rule of contract construction is that ‘[a] contract must be interpreted in light of the meaning which the parties have accorded to it as evidenced by their conduct in its performance.’” (second alteration in original

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).