Orleans Navigation Co. v. Municipality No. 2

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that provision that “[a]ll payments required under this Agreement will be made in full without set-off or counterclaim” did “not necessarily apply to recoupment.”
• recognizing a principle of contract construction in which courts should give a reasonable and equitable construction to a contract where unless contrary to the parties’ clear intentions
• recognizing a principle of contract construction in which courts should give a reasonable and equitable construction to a contract where unless contrary to the parties’ clear intentions
• “Under Georgia law, a set-off is a counter-demand which a defendant holds against plaintiff, arising out of a transaction extrinsic or independent of the plaintiff’s cause of action.”
• “Under Georgia law, a set-off is a counter-demand which a defendant holds against plaintiff, arising out of a transaction extrinsic or independent of the plaintiff’s cause of action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).