Knorr v. White Bros. Trucking Co.

This appeal involves an interpretation of terms used in eight equipment leases entered into over a period of years between White Brothers as the truck carrier and Knorr as the owner of the augmented equipment.

The first lease was entered into on November 9, 1959, for the one tractor-truck then owned by Knorr. The lease was a standard form and there was typed in the space governing payment: “determined by trip.” Over the following three years Knorr added additional units and five new leases were entered into with identical language. A copy of the leases was kept in the respective trucks as…