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CANAVAN v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.

278 A.D.2d 352 (2000)

718 N.Y.S.2d 617

WILLIAM A. CANAVAN, Appellant, v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N. A., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 18, 2000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

"Whether or not a writing is ambiguous is a question of law to be resolved by the courts" (W.W.W. Assocs. v Giancontieri, 77 N.Y.2d 157, 162). A contract should be read as a whole (see, W.W.W. Assocs. v Giancontieri, supra, at 162) and interpreted so as to give effect to the intention in the unequivocal language employed (see, Matter of Wallace v 600 Partners Co...

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