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"Where `two contracts are made at different times,[but where] the later is not intended to entirely supersede the first, but only modif [y] it in certain particulars [,][t] he two are to be construed as parts of one contract, the later superseding the earlier one wherever it is inconsistent therewith.'"
- in Prue v. Royer, 2013 and 11 similar citations
The contract of 1947 and the compensation plan must be considered and construed together and effect given to the provisions of both documents
- in Division of Labor Law Enforcement v. Safeway Stores, 1950 and one similar citation
"The rule that separates written documents between the same parties and relating to the same subject-matter as indicated by the language contained therein, or satisfactorily proved by the circumstances under which they were executed, are to be construed together as one transaction, has been determined by so many authorities, there is no room for controversy …
- in Goodspeed v. Great Western Power Co., 1939 and one similar citation
Similarly, several contracts between the same parties, parts of substantially one transaction, are to be taken together
- in Summary of California law: a concise and critical manual of the law of … and one similar citation
Thus, where the terms of an executory agreement for the sale of real property are clarified and elucidated by the provisions contained in escrow instructions, both instruments are to be considered together in arriving at the total understanding of the contracting parties and in fixing their correlative rights and obligations
- in Katemis v. Westerlind, 1953 and one similar citation
Even in the absence of an express provision in the deposit receipt, defendants were entitled to retain the payments made prior to the unexcused default of plaintiff.
In California, however, it is settled doctrine that a vendee cannot rescind prior to the date set for performance on the part of the vendor because of a defect in the vendor's title.
- in CASE LAW
This rule is most frequently applied to writings executed contemporaneously, but it is likewise applicable to agreements executed by the parties at different times if the later document is in fact a part of the same transaction
In order to ascertain the intent of the parties to the subcontract, all three documents must be construed so as to give effect to every part of each
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