Florence v. State Highway Board

While I prepared the opinion in this case, I do not agree with the conclusion reached by the majority of the court, to the effect that the word “reset” as used in the contract is ambiguous. I think the holding in the above decision in that respect is erroneous. The meaning of the word “ reset,” as defined in Webster’s New International Dictionary, is “to set again.” It naturally follows that before an object or thing can be reset it must have been set, then taken up or removed, and set again. This is the usual and ordinary meaning of the word. Counsel for both the plaintiff and the defendant…