Legal Opinion
Rentenbach Engineering Co., Construction Division v. General Realty Ltd.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 6, 1985PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GODDARD, Judge.
General Realty, Ltd., and its general partner, Sam Urman, appeal a judgment of the Chancery Court for Knox County which reformed a construction contract between General Realty and Rentenbach Engineering Company and awarded Rentenbach a judgment of some $503,000 including compounded pre-judgment interest on funds retained by the Defendants.
The Defendants appeal contending, principally, (1) that the Court improperly considered parol evidence to vary the terms of an unambiguous contract, which contained an integration clause, (2) that even if the parol evidence was properly…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Marron v. ScarbroughCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1958
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- Farmers & Merchants Bank v. PettyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
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