Polley v. Peabody

Citations

• 116 Wash. 120
• 198 P. 731
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 800

Syllabus

<p>Principal and Agent (6)—Evidence (154.)—Parol Evidence of Agency—Admissibility. In an action against an agent for fraud in misrepresenting the true price of land purchased by him for the plaintiffs under a verbal agreement, parol evidence is admissible to establish the agency, notwithstanding the existence of written .instruments in.the transaction,■ where such instruments do not state the employment and the parol evidence does not seek to alter or vary their terms.</p>