Stevenson v. Sun Co.

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 587
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 323

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Construction of contracts — Clear and precise terms —Matter for court.</p> <p>Where the meaning of a contract is clear without obscure or ambiguous language, the duty to construe it rests upon the court, and evidence pro and eon as to the parties’ own interpretation of it will not be considered.</p> <p>“Where a written contract provided for the sale and purchase of a minimum and maximum amount of oil to be delivered in nearly equal quantities each month throughout the year, the agreement was bilateral and if the vendee failed to order the maximum shipment during any month he could not require the vendor to deliver the balance of the monthly maximum not thus ordered in a subsequent month. The contract did not give' the vendee the right to buy a thousand barrels of oil at a fixed price and to take it when and as he chose.”</p>