Oresta v. Romano Bros.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing “general .rule” that “words in a contract will be given their usual and primary meaning at the time of the execution of the contract” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Phillips v. Fox
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-04-14· cited 78×
• Perrine v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-03-26· cited 72×
• Wilkes-Barre Township School District v. Corgan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-03-23· cited 63×
• Faith United Methodist Church & Cemetery of Terra Alta v. Morgan
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-06-13· cited 56×
• Thrasher v. Amere Gas Utilities Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-04-16· cited 54×
• Jarrett v. E. L. Harper & Son, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-06-07· cited 42×
• Stenger v. Hope Natural Gas Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1954-03-23· cited 41×
• Brown v. Crozer Coal & Land Company
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1959-03-31· cited 37×
• State Ex Rel. Shatzer v. Freeport Coal Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1959-03-10· cited 35×
• Energy Development Corp. v. Moss
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2004-01-08· cited 34×
• Buffalo Mining Co. v. Martin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-04-04· cited 33×
• Riddle v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-01-13· cited 30×
• Phipps v. Leftwich
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-03-05· cited 29×
• Martin v. Kentucky Oak Mining Company
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1968-06-21· cited 29×
• Hardman Trucking, Inc. v. Poling Trucking Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-06-27· cited 19×
• Severt v. Beckley Coals, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1969-07-15· cited 18×
• Quintain Development, LLC v. Columbia Natural Resources, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-12-05· cited 18×
• Perrine v. EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-06-02· cited 17×
• Winters v. Campbell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1964-07-07· cited 15×
• McCabe v. City of Parkersburg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-11-03· cited 15×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Henry v. Ohio River R.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1895-03-27· cited 42×
• Thomason v. Mosrie
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1950-07-15· cited 38×
• Haywood v. Massie
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-09-08· cited 28×
• Adkins v. United Fuel Gas Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1950-10-17· cited 23×
• Flanagan v. Gregory & Poole, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1951-12-11· cited 22×
• Colonna v. Rosedale Dairy Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-06-11· cited 22×
• Drummond v. Cook Motor Lines
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1951-11-06· cited 11×