Catawba Assocs. v. Jayaraman

6 Citing cases

  1. Horizon Servs. v. Henry

    C. A. N21C-10-044 DJB (Del. Super. Ct. May. 2, 2022)   Cited 2 times

    Pecan Village TX 2016, LP v. SW MH Holdings, LLC, 2021 WL 375036, at *3 (Del. Super. Ct. Feb. 3, 2021) (internal quotation marks omitted). Catawba Associates-Christiana LLC v. Jayaraman, 2016 WL 4502306, at *5 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 26, 2016). Pecan, 2021 WL 375036, at *3.

  2. In re Facchina Constr. Litigations

    C.A. No. N17C-09-163 PRW CCLD CONSOLIDATED (Del. Super. Ct. Oct. 29, 2020)

    In contrast, a contract is unambiguous "where the court can determine the meaning of a contract 'without any other guide than a knowledge of the simple facts on which, from the nature of language in general, its meaning depends.'"Catawba Assoc.-Christiana LLC v. Jayaraman, 2016 WL 4502306, at *6 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 26, 2016); see also Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chem. Co. v. Am. Motorists Ins. Co., 616 A.2d 1192, 1196 (Del. 1992) ("A contract is not rendered ambiguous simply because the parties do not agree upon its proper construction."). Axis Reinsurance Co. v. HLTH Corp., 993 A.2d 1057, 1062 (Del. 2010).

  3. Skyways Motor Lodge Corp. v. Del. River & Bay Auth.

    C.A. No. 2018-0048-TMR (Del. Ch. May. 31, 2019)   Cited 2 times

    The concept of surrender applies here because the Settlement contemplates that Skyways would relinquish its lease rights to DRBA before the expiration of the Term. Our courts have held that the surrender of a lease interest is subject to the statute of frauds.See, e.g., Catawba Assocs. - Christiana LLC v. Jayaraman, 2016 WL 4502306, at *3 (Del. Super. Aug. 26, 2016) ("[T]he JP Court held that the Property had been surrendered and that Pusan received legal possession as of December 11, 2015."); Logan v. Barr, 4 Del. (4 Harr.) 546, 546 (Super. 1847) ("The terms of the first act are sufficiently comprehensive to include a surrender of a lease; 'any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in, or concerning them.'"); see also Surrender, Black's Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014) ("A tenant's relinquishment of possession before the lease has expired, allowing the landlord to take possession and treat the lease as terminated.").

  4. Vinton v. Grayson

    189 A.3d 695 (Del. Super. Ct. 2018)   Cited 50 times

    And this Court "will read a contract as a whole and[ ]will give each provision and term effect[.]"Catawba Associates–Christiana LLC v. Jayaraman, 2016 WL 4502306, at *6 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 26, 2016) (quoting Interactive Corp. v . Vivendi Universal, S.A., 2004 WL 1572932, at *9 (Del. Ch. June 30, 2004) ).

  5. Mackenson v. Anthony

    C.A. No. S16C-12-001-RFS (Del. Super. Ct. Jun. 19, 2017)   Cited 1 times

    The Court may consider exhibits and documents incorporated by reference into the complaint.Catawba Associates-Christiana, LLC v. Jayaraman, 2016 WL 4502306, at *5 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 26, 2016)(internal citations omitted). III. ANALYSIS

  6. Catawba Assocs. v. Jayaraman

    C.A. No. N16C-01-250 PRW (Del. Super. Ct. Sep. 26, 2016)   Cited 1 times

    Pl.'s Act. For Declaratory Judgment, Exhibit A. Catawba Associates-Christiana LLC v. Jayaraman, 2016 WL 4502306, at *6, *8-9 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 26, 2016). Id. at *8.