· 4/11/1990
Wright v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Citations
- 554 N.E.2d 511
- 196 Ill. App. 3d 920
- 143 Ill. Dec. 576
- 1990 Ill. App. LEXIS 504
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that there is a strong presumption against provisions that could have easily been included in a contract, but were not
- explaining that where a contract is clear and unambiguous, a court will not add terms to reach a more equitable result
- adding terms where the contract is silent amounts to rewriting the contract
- “There is a strong presumption against provisions that easily could have been included in the contract but were not.”
- \There is a strong presumption against provisions that easily could have been included in the contract but were not.\
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Judges: White
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