What is the test for establishing a meaning in a contract where the contract does not contain an independent review?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Barham Constr. Inc. v. City of Riverbank, F058692 & F059499, Super. Ct. No. 350298, Super. Ct. No. 370694 (Cal. App. 2011):
contract. [Citation.]" (Winet v. Price (1992) 4 Cal.App.4th 1159, 1165 (Winet).) The first step presents a question of law subject to independent review: whether the extrinsic evidence is relevant to prove a meaning to which the language of the contract is reasonably susceptible. (Ibid.)
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