Board of Commissioners v. City Commissioners

Dillard, Judge.

The Board of Commissioners of Crisp County (“the Count’’) appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the City Commissioners of Cordele (“the City’’) and the denial of the County’s motion for summary judgment as to a contract dispute between the parties. The County essentially argues that the trial court erred by using parol evidence to construe an unambiguous contract rather than by looking to the document’s plain meaning, thereby rewriting the terms of the contract. For the reasons set forth infra, we affirm the trial court’s order.

At the outset, we note that…