Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting the notion that a contract can ever have a plain meaning
• rational interpretation requires at least a preliminary consideration of all credible evidence offered to prove the intention of the parties
• “The fact that the terms of an instrument appear clear to a judge does not preclude the possibility that the parties chose the language of the instrument to express different terms.”
• see Emanuel v. Emanuel, 50 Cal.App.3d 56, 59 [123 Cal.Rptr. 249]
• allowing extrinsic evidence to determine the parties' intent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).