Case Name: Elizabeth J. Courtright v. Leslie Scrimger et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-06-10
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 407
Docket Number: No. 18251
Parties: Elizabeth J. Courtright v. Leslie Scrimger et al.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur. Wanamaker, J., not participating.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 407–407

Head Matter:
No. 379
No. 18251
Elizabeth J. Courtright v. Leslie Scrimger et al.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Franklin county.
297. CONTRACTS — Interpreting meaning of words susceptible of more than one meaning — Courts will follow meaning signatories have placed upon the words.

Opinion:
ROBINSON, 3:
1. Where words used in a contract are susceptible of more than one meaning, courts will ascertain the sense in which such words were used by the signatories to the contract, if possible, from all the provisions of the contract.
2. Where words used in a contract are susceptible of more than one meaning, and the signatories to the contract have by acts done in carrying out the terms thereof placed their own interpretation upon the meaning of the -words, courts will adopt the interpretation which the signatories to the contract have themselves made.
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur. Wanamaker, J., not participating.