Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. v. Daniel

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “a contract is ambiguous only when the application of pertinent rules of interpretation to the face of the instrument leaves it genuinely uncertain which one of two or more meanings is the proper meaning”
• declining to adopt construction that would read pro- visions out of contract “entirely”
• even though meaning of key phrase in contract was not clear, contract was not ambiguous when only one reasonable interpretation of the contract existed
• “if after applying established rules of interpretation to the contract . . . [and] if only one reasonable meaning clearly emerges [the contract] is not ambiguous.”
• “[I]f after applying established rules of interpretation to the contract it remains reasonably susceptible to more than one meaning it is ambiguous, but if only one reasonable meaning clearly emerges it is not ambiguous.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Coker v. Coker
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-05-04· cited 2,505×
• J.M. Davidson, Inc. v. Webster
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-12-31· cited 1,500×
• National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. CBI Industries, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-10-05· cited 1,247×
• MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Texas Utilities Electric Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-05-27· cited 859×
• Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. New Ulm Gas, Ltd.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-10-18· cited 706×
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. DeLanney
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-06-19· cited 670×
• Sun Oil Co. (Delaware) v. Madeley
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-12-16· cited 668×
• DeWitt County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Parks
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-10-21· cited 560×
• In Re D. Wilson Const. Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-06-30· cited 546×
• R & P Enterprises v. LaGuarta, Gavrel & Kirk, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-03-26· cited 497×
• Kelley-Coppedge, Inc. v. Highlands Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-12-31· cited 470×
• Amfac, Inc. v. Waikiki Beachcomber Investment Co.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1992-10-14· cited 424×
• Getty Oil Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-03-03· cited 390×
• Fiess v. State Farm Lloyds
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-08-31· cited 387×
• David J. Sacks, P.C. v. Haden
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-09-26· cited 295×
• Harris v. Rowe
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-07-25· cited 228×
• Stewart Title Guaranty Co. v. Aiello
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-04-18· cited 185×
• Frith v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
  S.D. Texas· 1998-03-31· cited 184×
• Rsui Indemnity Company v. the Lynd Company
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-05-08· cited 177×
• Elie Nassar and Rhonda Nassar v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Group, Dave Baker, Mary Hamilton, and Marcus Smith
  Texas Supreme Court· 2017-01-27· cited 162×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Barker v. Lashbrook
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1929-07-06· cited 32×
• Roxana Petroleum Corp. v. Jarvis
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1929-01-12· cited 31×
• Remington Rand, Inc. v. Sugarland Industries
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1941-06-25· cited 29×
• Jarecki Mfg. Co. v. Hinds
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1928-05-16· cited 25×
• Remington Rand, Inc. v. Sugarland Industries
  Texas Supreme Court· 1941-06-25· cited 23×
• Daniel v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1951-03-29· cited 5×