would be used and that he never stated to appellee that the money need not be kept in the safe. Appellee asserted that it was his understanding that the liquor storage room with its burglar alarm system qualified as a safe. It was also argued that the liquor room constituted a "vault” within the meaning of the policy. A. Construction of ambiguous contracts is the duty of the court, and it is only after application thereto of the pertinent rules of construction, and the contracts remain ambiguous, that extrinsic evidence is admissible to explain the ambiguity. Davis v. United Am. Life Ins. Co., 215 Ga. 521 (2) (111 SE2d 488). See also Am. Cas. Co. v. Crain-Daly Volkswagen, Inc., 129 Ga. App. 576 (200 SE2d 281); Southeastern Fidelity Ins. Co. v. Fluellen, 128 Ga. App. 877 (198 SE2d 407) (<HOLDING>). B. The policy declarations expressly
recognizing only state courts may authoritatively construe state statutes recognizing courts special duty to construe liberally a pro se plaintiffs pleadings holding that courts should liberally construe the requirements of rule 3 recognizing courts obligation to construe meaning of relatives recognizing that courts should not construe statutes in a way that leads to absurd results