Rio Algom Corp. v. Jimco Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a court cannot write for the parties a better contract than they wrote
• holding that a court cannot interpret a contract in a manner that makes a better contract than the parties bargained for themselves
• stating that third party beneficiaries are not entitled to greater rights than the actual parties to a contract
• \A court will not . . . make a better contract for the parties than they have made for themselves.\
• \A court will not ... make a better contract for the parties than they have made for themselves.\
• \A court will not ... make a better contract for the parties than they have made for themselves.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).