Smith v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]e are not bound by the trial court’s conclusions as to the construction of the disputed provisions.”
• ‘When the terms of a disputed provision are clear and definite, it is axiomatic that they are to be applied according to their ordinary meaning____”
• “Where there is no ambiguity in the terms of a contract, we must construe it as written.”
• “We are not bound by the trial court’s conclusions as to the construction of the disputed provisions.”
• “Where there is no ambiguity in the terms of a contract, we must construe it as written.”
• “Where there is no ambiguity in the terms of a contract, we must construe it as written, and we are not at liberty to search for the meaning of the provisions beyond the pertinent instrument itself.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Twardy v. Twardy
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-06-09· cited 92×
• Richardson v. Richardson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-22· cited 56×
• Pellegrin v. Pellegrin
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-03-14· cited 53×
• Shenk v. Shenk
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-11-19· cited 47×
• Rebecca Allen v. Joseph William Allen
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-08-30· cited 47×
• Perry Edward Jones v. Lori Michelle Gates
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-08-22· cited 47×
• Stuart M. Bergman v. Janice L. Bergman
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-15· cited 46×
• Douglas v. Hammett
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-01· cited 41×
• Irwin v. Irwin
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-12-28· cited 40×
• Frey v. Frey
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-04-07· cited 34×
• James Carlton Craig, Jr. v. Thelma Ruth Markham Craig
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-02-07· cited 32×
• Stroud v. Stroud
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-02-27· cited 23×
• Boedeker v. Larson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-12-07· cited 23×
• Wilson v. Collins
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-05-26· cited 21×
• Campbell v. Campbell
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-05-02· cited 18×
• Smith v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-11-24· cited 15×
• Nicholson v. Nicholson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-10-31· cited 13×
• Pledger v. Pledger
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-08-16· cited 6×
• Hand v. Hand
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1993-01-15· cited 5×
• Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-02-23· cited 3×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wilson v. Holyfield
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 257×
• Berry v. Klinger
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-03-11· cited 226×
• Potts v. Mathieson Alkali Works
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1935-09-19· cited 114×
• Amos v. Coffey
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-09-07· cited 99×
• Tiffany v. Tiffany
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1985-08-06· cited 93×
• Globe Iron Construction Co. v. First National Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-03-08· cited 77×
• Renner Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. v. Renner
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 64×
• Walker & Laberge Co. v. First National Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-01-17· cited 26×
• W. D. Nelson & Co. v. Taylor Heights Development Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-09-09· cited 24×
• J. M. Turner & Co. v. Delaney
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-09-04· cited 23×
• Hutchison v. King
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-11-29· cited 14×
• Legum Furniture Corp. v. Stein
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-03-04· cited 13×
• Treakle v. Pocahontas Steamship Co.
  E.D. Virginia· 1967-10-04· cited 6×
• Quillen v. Titus
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-04-10· cited 3×