Hoffman v. Tribune Publishing Co.

Citations

• 65 Wash. 467
• 118 P. 306
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 953

Syllabus

<p>Evidence — To Vary Writing — Sales—Time for Delivery. In an action for tbe price of a motor, a written contract for its sale, agreeing to telegraph tbe order to tbe factory and use all means to insure prompt delivery, cannot be varied by evidence of a contemporaneous parol agreement to make delivery witbin four weeks, and cannot be rescinded by tbe buyer if delivery is made witbin a reasonable time; especially where defendant’s answer alleged that, delivery was to be made witbin a reasonable time, and opportunity was given defendant to show what constituted a reasonable time (Dunbar, C. J., dissenting).</p>