Sutton v. First National Bank of Crossville

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, in general, the written terms control interpretation of a contract
• stating “A valuable consideration is either a benefit to the party promising or a prejudice or trouble to the party to whom the promise is made.”
• construing lending institution’s language in mortgage loan disclosure form to constitute offer to procure credit insurance which offer was accepted by borrower when he signed on line indicating his desire to obtain credit insurance
• “‘It interlocutory rather than final.6 “[A] final order is one that is invariably held that the promise of one party is a valid dismisses an action in deference to arbitration.” Arnold, 920 consideration for the promise of the other party.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).