Riley v. Simpson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the context in which a contractual term appears always must be considered in determining the meaning of the term
• holding that looking to the dictionary for the definition of a term is a good start, “inasmuch as we generally accept that contractual terms cany their ordinary meanings, O.G.G.A. § 13-2-2(2
• noting that parol evidence is admissible to explain all ambiguities, both latent and patent
• noting that parol evidence is admissible to explain all ambiguities, both latent and patent
• providing that contracts must be construed as a whole
• providing that contracts must be construed as a whole

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).