California Supreme Court held that extrinsic evidence is always admissible to show that written contract language is ambiguous, rejecting plain-meaning rule.
Contract
A party who signs a contractual document is bound by its terms whether or not they read or understood them, affirming the objective theory of contract.
An agent's ostensible authority is determined by what the principal communicated to the third party, not by private arrangements between principal and agent.
Entire agreement clauses and the parol evidence rule preclude reliance on extrinsic implied terms inconsistent with a written contract.
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