Turner v. Alpha Phi Sorority House

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the meaning of a written contract presents a question of law unless there is ambiguity and construction depends on extrinsic evidence, in which case it becomes a question of fact
• looking to Erie decision to interpret unspecified reference to “State Laws” in contract
• \[T]he language found in a contract is to be given its plain and ordinary meaning.\
• “Where there are ambiguous terms or the intent is doubtful, it is axiomatic that the contract will be construed against the drafter.”
• \The construction and effect of a contract are questions of law for the court.\
• court consulted various possible definitions to decide meaning of terms at issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).