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· 5/2/2000

Wildflower Community Ass'n v. Rinderknecht

Citations

  • 25 S.W.3d 530
  • 2000 Mo. App. LEXIS 613
  • 2000 WL 517818

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 interpreting contract, terms should be read as a whole to determine intent, and should be given their plain, ordinary, and usual meaning
  • explaining that “[e]ach provision [of a contract] is construed in harmony with the others to give each provision a reasonable meaning and avoid an interpretation that renders some provisions useless”
  • an appellate court endeavors to avoid an absurd outcome when interpreting a contract
  • when interpreting a contract, a court attempts to avoid absurd results

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Judges: Breckenridge, Ulrich, Ellis

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