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· 1/16/1992

Rainey v. Stansell

Citations

  • 836 S.W.2d 117
  • 1992 Tenn. App. LEXIS 40

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that cases involving the construction of a contract, such as an insurance policy, are particularly well-suited to disposition by summary judgment
  • “In construing contracts, the words expressing the parties’ intentions should be given their usual, natural!,] and ordinary meaning!.]”
  • “All provisions of a contract should be 14 construed as in harmony with each other... so as to avoid repugnancy between the several provisions of a single contract.”

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Judges: Crawford, Highers, Farmer

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