Mark V, Inc. v. Mellekas

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the district court should have allowed the parties to submit extrinsic evidence to show that the meaning of a contract was unclear
• holding that court committed error when it “relied solely on the face or the ‘four corners’ of the document”
• holding that court committed error when it \relied solely on the face or the 'four corners' of the document\
• holding that ambiguity may be discerned by fully examining the circumstances surrounding the making of an agreement and examining the contract terms in light of those circumstances
• concluding that ambiguity exists when a contract is reasonably susceptible of different constructions
• stating that ambiguity of contract can only be determined by examining the circumstances surrounding the contract’s making

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

117 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rummel v. Lexington Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1997-08-08· cited 137×
• Benz v. Town Center Land, LLC
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2013-08-29· cited 131×
• Elliott Industries Ltd. Partnership v. BP America Production Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-05-10· cited 129×
• Ponder v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2000-10-23· cited 116×
• Allsup's Convenience Stores, Inc. v. North River Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1998-12-03· cited 107×
• Nearburg v. Yates Petroleum Corp.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-06-10· cited 94×
• Handmaker v. Henney
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1999-11-17· cited 90×
• Strata Production Co. v. Mercury Exploration Co.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1996-04-15· cited 76×
• Heye v. American Golf Corp., Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2003-09-30· cited 67×
• Farmington Police Officers Ass'n Communication Workers Local 7911 v. City of Farmington
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-05-17· cited 65×
• MidAmerica Construction Management, Inc. v. MasTec North America, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-02-08· cited 61×
• Jaramillo v. Providence Washington Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-02-16· cited 61×
• Bogle v. Summit Investment Co., LLC
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2005-01-05· cited 58×
• State v. Mares
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-11-17· cited 57×
• Mata v. Anderson
  Tenth Circuit· 2011-03-31· cited 55×
• Sanders v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2008-06-25· cited 54×
• ConocoPhillips Co. v. Lyons
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2012-08-24· cited 51×
• Central SEC. and Alarm Co., Inc. v. Mehler
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1996-04-22· cited 51×
• City of Rio Rancho v. AMREP SOUTHWEST INC.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2011-08-22· cited 49×
• Memorial Medical Center, Inc. v. Tatsch Construction, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2000-10-16· cited 48×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• C.R. Anthony Co. v. Loretto Mall Partners
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-08-09· cited 159×
• Levenson v. Mobley
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1987-10-14· cited 74×
• Vickers v. North American Land Developments, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-02-27· cited 54×
• Whitehurst v. Rainbo Baking Company
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1962-09-19· cited 44×
• Segura v. Molycorp, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1981-11-09· cited 35×
• Maine v. Garvin
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1966-07-18· cited 22×
• Epstein v. Waas
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1923-06-07· cited 17×
• American Bank of Commerce v. M & G Builders, Ltd.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1978-10-23· cited 10×
• Clark v. Sideris
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-12-20· cited 7×
• Hatch v. Strebeck
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1954-11-26· cited 5×