Utah Supreme Court· 9/19/1980

Rio Algom Corp. v. Jimco Ltd.

Citations

618 P.2d 497
1980 Utah LEXIS 1063

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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.\

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Judges: Stewart, Crockett, Maughan, Wilkins, Hall

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