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· 6/26/1964

Stop & Shop, Inc. v. Ganem

Citations

  • 200 N.E.2d 248
  • 347 Mass. 697
  • 1964 Mass. LEXIS 825

How courts have described this case

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

  • justice, common sense, and probable intention of the parties are guides to construction of written instruments
  • “Justice, common sense and the probable intention of the parties are guides to construction of a written instrument.”
  • “Justice, common sense and the probable intention of the parties are guides to construction of a written instrument”
  • “Justice, common sense and the probable intention of the parties are guides to construction of a written instrument”
  • no basis for implying a covenant against opening a competing store a half-mile away
  • defendant retains burden of proof on exclusions even in declaratory judgment actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Whittemore, Wilkins, Spalding, Whittemokb, Cutter, Reardon

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