Comment by wat10000

“Imagine my surprise” seems really damning. A contract is supposed to be a meeting of the minds. The two sides agree on what the contract means and the written artifact is a record of it. If he’s surprised then that suggests he never intended it to be quarterly. And clearly the other party never meant that either. I’m no lawyer, but I don’t imagine “I didn’t mean this and they didn’t mean it but that’s what got written down so give me money” would fly in court.