What is the meaning of the word “intention” in the context of a claim?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Essar Algoma Steel Inc. v. Liebherr (Canada) Company, 2011 ONSC 1688 (CanLII):

The intention of the plaintiff is identified “…not by what the writer of the document intended but what a reasonable man reading the document would understand it to mean…” (see: Davies v. Elsby Bros., supra, p. 4).

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