Gauntt v. Chehalis County

Citations

• 72 Wash. 106
• 129 P. 888
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1413

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Construction — Architect’s Contract — Parol Evidence to Explain Writing. A contract employing an architect to prepare plans for a courthouse on a percentage basis in the event of the building going ahead at some future time, and for the payment of $1,000 in case the contract for the “building” should not be lfet, is plain and unambiguous, and the county is not liable in excess of $1,000 if a building is not erected on the plans prepared; hence parol evidence is inadmissible to explain the contract.</p> <p>Same — Evidence—Materiality. In such a case, evidence that the county had not abandoned its purpose to construct a courthouse is immaterial.</p>