Pee Dee Stores, Inc. v. Doyle

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• holding that summary judgment is improper when there is an issue as to the construction of a written contract and the contract is ambiguous
• holding that summary judgment is improper when there is an issue as to the construction of a written contract and the contract is ambiguous
• providing that when determining if a deed is ambiguous, the master must consider the language of the entire deed rather than the effect of an \isolated clause\
• providing the master \is without authority to consider parties' secret intentions\ and \words cannot be read into a [deed] to impart an intent unexpressed\ when the deed was recorded
• \[S]ummary judgment is not appropriate when further inquiry into the facts of the case is desirable to clarify the application of law.\
• \General contract principles are applied in the construction of a settlement agreement because . . . a settlement agreement is a contract.\

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