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· 5/27/1975

Moore v. Johnson Service Co.

Citations

  • 219 S.E.2d 315
  • 158 W. Va. 808
  • 1975 W. Va. LEXIS 237

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 prevailing party should be granted attorney’s fees as provided for in a commercial lease agreement
  • holding that prevailing party should be granted attorney fees as provided for in a commercial lease agreement
  • “An appellate court’s review of fact-finding determinations made by a trial court in the construction of a contract should respect and sustain such interpretations, unless they are clearly erroneous.”
  • “[S]pecific words or clauses of an agreement are not to be treated as meaningless, or to be discarded, if any reasonable meaning can be given them consistent with the whole contract.”
  • “[A] purchase by Consol Energy, Inc., or its affiliates of all of the stock or membership interest in Lessee shall not constitute an assignment of the Lease for purposes of this Section 18(a).”
  • The word \assess\ has a broad or narrow meaning according to the sense or connection in which it is used. In its broadest sense the term includes the entire process of listing valuing and levying.

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Judges: Haden

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