Shaeffer v. Kelton

How courts have described this case

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

• damages awarded for inability to discharge loan due to breach of contract, interest payments made while attempting to locate buyer for property, and lost use value of investment capital
• substantial performance in good faith will permit recovery on construction contract
• “The primary objective in construing a contract is not to label it with specific definitions or to look at form above substance, but to ascertain and enforce the intent of the parties as shown by the contents of the instrument.”
• the construction of a written instrument and the degree to which it expresses terms of a contract are questions of law for the court, but once it is determined that a contract is ambiguous, its construction depends upon extrinsic facts and circumstances for the trier of fact to decide
• damage awards should fully compensate injured party
• contract must be considered as a whole

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).