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· 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

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  • 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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