Steno Legal Dictation No. 360

Dealing with a property dispute, the Supreme Court recently held that where the language used in an instrument document is clear and unambiguous, only that clear expression of words is to be considered for the interpretation of the instrument, not the surrounding circumstances. It is a cardinal principle of interpretation that where the language employed in the instrument is clear and unambiguous, the common literary meaning ought to be assigned in interpreting the same and one should not fall back on any other inference.