Robert Industries, Inc. v. Spence

How courts have described this case

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• construing integrated agreement and noting, “[i]nterpretation is directed to the meaning of the terms of the writing in light of the circumstances, not to the meaning of the conversations of the parties” during negotiations
• “the lease nowhere says that activities not expressly permitted are forbidden. . . . [but instead] simply does not deal with competition other than competition by lessees”
• “[interpretation is directed to the meaning of the terms of the writing in the light of the circumstances”
• \The interpretation of an integrated agreement is a matter of law on which we are not bound by the trial judge's conclusions unless the problem of interpretation is affected by findings of fact.\
• “The interpretation of an integrated agreement is a matter of law on which we are not bound by the trial judge’s conclusions unless the problem of interpretation is affected by findings of fact.”
• contract must \be read in the light of the circumstances of its execution\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).