National Tea Co. v. Commerce & Industry Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that \only if the contract is ambiguous and the extrinsic facts necessary to determine the parties' interpretation thereof are in controversy should the question of interpretation [of the contract] be left to a jury\
• stating that a jury should not be required to interpret a contract \without guidance from the court in the form of an instruction stating what conclusion must be reached if the jury finds certain facts to exist\
• stating that “only if the contract is ambiguous and the extrinsic facts necessary to determine the parties’ interpretation thereof are in controversy should the question of interpretation [of the contract] be left to a jury”
• stating that a jury should not be required to interpret a contract “without guidance from the court in the form of an instruction stating what conclusion must be reached if the jury finds certain facts to exist”
• “where waiver is implied from conduct, the act relied upon must be clear, unequivocal and decisive”
• should avoid unduly highlighting certain evidence in jury instructions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).