Planters Gin Co. v. Federal Compress & Warehouse Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the court’s “initial task” is to determine whether the language in a contract is ambiguous
• explaining that the issue of ambiguity is a legal question reviewed de novo, but its resolution of ambiguities is a factual question
• finding broad language sufficient to indemnify a landlord for the negligent acts of the tenant
• finding broad language -13- sufficient to indemnify a landlord for the negligent acts of the tenant
• presuming “[t]he intent of the parties . . . to be that specifically expressed in the body of the contract”
• discussing exceptions related to indemnity agreements in construction settings, landlord/tenant agreements, and in medical settings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).