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The appeal is dismissed.
The costs of appeal are assessed against the Plaintiff.
Reasons
The grounds of appeal are examined (to the extent of supplement in case of supplemental appellate briefs not timely filed).
If the objective meaning of the language and text is clear in cases where the content of a contract between the parties to the contract is written in writing as a disposal document, barring any special circumstance, the existence and content of the expression shall be acknowledged. However, in cases where the objective meaning of the language and text is not clearly revealed, it shall be reasonably interpreted in accordance with logical and empirical rules, social common common sense, and transaction norms so that it can be in line with the ideology of social justice and equity by comprehensively examining the contents of the text and the motive and background leading up to the execution of the contract, the purpose and genuine intent to be achieved by the parties to the contract, and transaction practices, etc.
(2) Article 3(5) of the 3rd Settlement Agreement provides that “The settlement of the discounted sale price of the Plaintiff under Article 1(5) shall be completed within April 2013, 2013,” and Article 3(5) of the 3rd Settlement Agreement provides that “The settlement of the discounted sale price of the Plaintiff under Article 1(5) shall be completed within the period of 4.2013” means that the Plaintiff and the Defendant shall actively promote the sale of the discounted sale with the aim of completing the settlement of the finalized sale price within April 2013, as alleged by the Plaintiff, and that the Defendant, as alleged by the Plaintiff, shall be construed to have agreed to the effect that: (a) the settlement of the discounted sale price is completed within the period of 2007Da40765, Oct. 25, 2007; and (b) the Defendant, contrary to what is alleged by the Plaintiff, shall be 15,012,58,902 won with respect to the Plaintiff.