Riverisland Cold Storage, Inc. v. Fresno-Madera Production Credit Ass'n

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating “when parties enter an integrated written agreement, extrinsic evidence may not be relied upon to alter or add to the terms of the writing”
• stating the parol evidence rule cannot “be used as a shield to prevent the proof of fraud” (quoting Ferguson v. Koch, 204 Cal. 342, 347, 268 P. 342 (1928))
• discussing parol evidence rule, observing that written terms supersede statements made during the negotiations and “[e]xtrinsic evidence of the agreement’s terms is thus irrelevant, and cannot be relied upon”
• emphasizing “that the intent element of promissory fraud 13 entails more than proof of an unkept promise or mere failure of performance” and 14 “promissory fraud, like all forms of fraud, requires a showing of justifiable reliance on the 15 defendant’s misrepresentation”
• “[W]hen parties enter an integrated written agreement, extrinsic 3 evidence may not be relied upon to alter or add to the terms of the writing.”
• “It is insufficient to show an unkept but honest 24 promise, or mere subsequent failure of performance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).