M Civ JI 142.52 Effect of Incorporated Documents

A contract can be made of several different documents if the parties intended that their agreement would include the various documents together. If you find that the parties entered into a contract that refers to other existing document[ s] in such a manner as to establish that they intended to make the terms and conditions of that other document[ s] part of their contract, you should interpret that incorporated document[ s] as part of the contract between the parties according to the rules I have given you for interpreting contracts.

Comment

Forge v Smith, 458 Mich 198 (1998).

History

M Civ JI 142.52 was added March 2005.