Question

In this case, the court looked to the actual wording of the contract and found that the movie rights were not part of the "right to exhibit photoplays of the series." The rule used by the court to determine the definition of the Wagners' rights was the:

Answer 1

plain meaning rule or literal rule

Step-by-step explanation:

This is is one of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts (the other two are mischief rule and the golden rule). The plain meaning rule dictates that statutes are to be interpreted using the ordinary meaning of the language of the statute.

when the language is unambiguous and clear on its face the meaning of the statute or contract must be determined from the language of the statute or contract and not from extrinsic evidence.