HOFFMAN v. UNITED SILVER MINES, INC.

No. 16861.

775 P.2d 132 (1989)

116 Idaho 240

Paul HOFFMAN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. UNITED SILVER MINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1989.

Petition for Review Denied July 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd J. Webb (Webb, Burton, Carlson, Pedersen & Webb), Twin Falls, for defendant-appellant.

Harold A. Hintze, Provo, Utah, and Terry R. McDaniel (Nelson, Rosholt, Robertson, Tolman & Tucker), Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.


BURNETT, Judge.

"Resolve me of all ambiguities!" This lament of Christopher Marlowe, the sixteenth century poet-playwright, echoes in the case now before us. The appeal arises from a dispute over the language of an agreement for development of a silver mine. We must decide whether the agreement is ambiguous and, if so, whether the district court properly resolved the ambiguity, giving the agreement its intended meaning. For reasons explained below, we affirm the district...

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