Tilo Roofing Co. Inc. v. Pellerin

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• holding that if a condition is shown not to have been performed, there is no binding obligation
• holding that if a condition precedent to the enforcement of a contract is “shown not to have been performed, the writing does not become a binding obligation.”
• “It is settled that a condition precedent to the taking effect of a written instrument may be shown by parol [evidence].”
• “As the written agreement shows on its face that it was intended to set forth the entire agreement of the parties ... its terms cannot be varied or supplemented by parol evidence.”
• parties orally agreed to condition precedent that written agreement not effective until defendants satisfied as to quality of plaintiff's work
• contract pressed on homeowner by “insistent” salesman found to be subject to condition precedent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).