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Yogman v. Parrott

Citations

  • 937 P.2d 1019
  • 325 Or. 358
  • 1997 Ore. LEXIS 44

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the second step is examination of extrinsic evidence, including “the parties’ practical construction of an agreement”
  • noting that whether a provision is ambiguous is a question of law
  • finding a restrictive covenant ambiguous because the text was susceptible to multiple interpretations
  • in the absence of ambi- guity, court construes the words of a contract as a matter of law
  • “residential purposes” and “commercial enterprise” are ambiguous given nature of actual use of the facilities
  • if contractual provision has only one plausible meaning, no further analysis is necessary

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Judges: Graber

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