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082335P.pdf   05/11/2009  Thirty and 141  v.  Lowe's Home Centers
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-2335
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith and Benton, Circuit
   Judges]
Civil case - Contracts. Lease was ambiguous as to whether the parties intended to include two lots in certain restrictions, and the court could consider parole evidence to interpret the lease; plaintiff's evidence was sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact such that a reasonable fact finder, after making credibility determinations and weighing the evidence, could find by clear and convincing evidence that the lease was a preexisting agreement describing the property that the parties intended to restrict and that parties made a mutual mistake by including the two lots in the restriction declaration; as a result, the district court erred in granting defendant's motion for summary judgment, and the matter is remanded for further proceedings; since the summary judgment is reversed, the district court's order granting defendant attorneys' fees must also be reversed.