Roberts v. Stiltner

Citations

• 101 Wash. 397
• 172 P. 738
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 866

Syllabus

<p>Evidence—Parol Evidence to Vary Writing — Explaining Consideration. Where a written contract for the sale of a quarter section of land acknowledged payment of $2,700 in cash as part of the purchase price, it is admissible to show by parol evidence that the true consideration for the part payment was ten acres retained by the grantor and the discharge of certain liens, received as and in lieu of the $2,700; as the same is not inconsistent with and does not vary the written contract of sale.</p> <p>Fraudulent Conveyances—Knowledge of Grantee—Evidence— Sufficiency. In an action to quiet title to land, conveyed in fraud of rights under plaintiff’s prior contract of purchase, the evidence supports findings that the grantee knew of the fraud, where it appears that he and the grantor were very intimate friends and their relations were such that he must have known of the existence of plaintiff’s prior contract, and in no event paid over $1,250 for land worth approximately $5,000.</p>