NATHAN SCOTT STEPP, individually as a member of the WVSP, Zach W. Hartley, individual as a member of WVSP, Okey S. Starsick, Robert B. Hickman individually as a member of the Roane County Sheriff's Dept, Roane County and WVSP v. Bradley Cottrell, on behalf of the Estate of Bernard Dale Cottrell

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• \The mentalities or intentions of the parties are immaterial to the issue of nonpermissive use. The material fact is the conduct of the possessor\ [citation omitted]
• courts construe contract against party who wrote it because “drafter ha[s] the capacity and opportunity for clear expression and ... should bear the detriment of unclear expression”

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