DALLAS FARM MACHINERY COMPANY v. REAVES

No. A-6316.

307 S.W.2d 233 (1957)

DALLAS FARM MACHINERY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Ben REAVES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur T. Knape, Dallas, for petitioner.

Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, Carlisle Cravens, Ed Reichelt and Sloan Blair, Ft. Worth, for respondent.


CALVERT, Justice.

Writ of error was granted in this case on two of thirty points of error contained in petitioner's application. The two points pose the question of whether parol evidence is admissible, in the face of a "merger" clause in a written contract, to establish that the contract was induced by fraud. We hold it is.

Petitioner, a partnership, as plaintiff, sought a recovery from respondent, as defendant, of the balance due on a written contract of...

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