SHOULD BE CONSTRUED FROM WITHIN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE INSTRUMENT. ROSS V. OHIO BAR LIAB. INS. CO. (1998), 124 OHIO APP.3d 591, 595,706 N.E.2d 867; ROBINSON V. ROBINSON (DEC. 3, 1999), MONTGOMERY APP. NO. 17562. COURTS PRESUME THAT THE INTENT OF THE PARTIES IS EXPRESSED THROUGH THE LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT. SHIFRIN V. FOREST CITY ENT., INC., 64 OHIO St.3d 635, 638, 1992-OHIO-28,597 N.E.2d 499. WE REVIEW THE TRIAL COURT'S DECISION ON FIFTH THIRD'S MOTION IN LIMINE DE NOVO.
{¶ 19} SHEPARD GRAIN ARGUES THAT, AT THE END OF AUGUST 2002, FIFTH THIRD AND SHEPARD GRAIN HAD AGREED TO AN ONGOING CREDIT RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH THE HOG TERM NOTE WOULD BE TERMINATED ON APRIL 1, 2003, AND THE GRAIN REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 2003. SHEPARD GRAIN FURTHER ASSERTS THAT THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE AUGUST 2002 ORAL AGREEMENT WAS TO OBTAIN BYRON SHEPARD'S STOCK IN ORDER TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT LEVERAGE TO FORCE SHEPARD GRAIN TO SIGN THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2002 AGREEMENTS.
{¶ 20} IN SUPPORT OF ITS ASSERTION THAT AN AUGUST 2002 AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED, SHEPARD GRAIN CITES TO THE TESTIMONY OF KAREN ELIASON, RELATIONSHIP MANAGER AT FIFTH THIRD FOR SHEPARD GRAIN, IN WHICH SHE STATED:
{¶ 21} "Q: AND SHEPARD GRAIN'S UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT ONLY THE HOG LINE WOULD BE TERMINATED APRIL THE 1ST, CORRECT?
{¶ 22} "A: AS OF AUGUST, THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING.
{¶ 23} "Q: YES. AND THE OTHER LOAN, THE GRAIN LOAN, WOULD GO ON AFTER THAT?
{¶ 24} "A: THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING IN AUGUST. THAT DID CHANGE BEFORE WE SIGNED THE LOAN PAPERS.
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{¶ 26} "Q: SO IN AUGUST WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPEN TO EXTENDING THIS LOAN CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS LOANS FOR A YEAR, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH OCTOBER, CORRECT?
{¶ 27} "A: OF THE NEXT YEAR, YES.
{¶ 28} "Q: OKAY. THAT'S WHEN YOU ASKED BYRON SHEPARD FOR HIS STOCK, ISN'T IT?
{¶ 29} "A: YES.
{¶ 30} "Q: SO AT THE TIME YOU ASKED BYRON SHEPARD FOR HIS STOCK, IT WAS CLEARLY BELIEVED BY BOTH FIFTH THIRD AND BYRON AND SHEPARD, THAT THE GRAIN LOAN WOULD GO PAST APRIL THE 1ST?
{¶ 31} "A: IN AUGUST THAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS."
{¶ 32} (ELIASON AT 136-37). IN ITS DECISION, THE TRIAL COURT ACKNOWLEDGED THIS TESTIMONY AND ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OF ELIASON, IN WHICH SHE STATED THAT ALTHOUGH BYRON SHEPARD WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE LOAN WOULD GO ON BEYOND APRIL 1, 2003, AT THE TIME THAT HE TURNED OVER HIS STOCK, FIFTH THIRD HAD MADE VERY CLEAR BY THE TIME THE PAPERS WERE SIGNED IN NOVEMBER THAT THE TERMINATION DATE WAS APRIL 1, 2003.
{¶ 33} THE TRIAL COURT ALSO NOTED THE TESTIMONY OF BYRON SHEPARD, IN WHICH HE STATED: "Q: ALL RIGHT. WAS THERE A TIME, MR. SHEPARD, WHEN FIFTH THIRD CAME TO YOU AND ASKED YOU TO TURN OVER YOUR FIFTH THIRD BANK CORP. STOCK?
{¶ 34} "A: YES.
{¶ 35} "Q: DO YOU RECALL