Don Yook v. Washington Mill Co.

Citations

• 16 Wash. 459
• 47 P. 964
• 1897 Wash. LEXIS 343

Syllabus

<p>PAROL EVIDENCE — ADMISSIBLE TO PROVE CONSIDERATION — STATUTE OF FRAUDS — PROMISE TO PAY DEBT OF ANOTHER.</p> <p>Parol evidence is admissible for the purpose of showing that the actual consideration for a sale of logs is different from that expressed in a bill of sale.</p> <p>A promise by the purchaser of certain logs, as part consideration therefor, to assume and pay the indebtedness of the seller to a third party, is an original promise, and not within the statute of frauds.-</p>