Belt v. Wolpin Co.

On October 13,1966, plaintiff brought suit against defendants for breach of an alleged oral leasing agreement. Plaintiff averred that in September 1959, defendants had orally contracted to lease trucking equipment from plaintiff, and that defendants had agreed that the leasing contract was to be permanent in duration, or for at least a ten-year period. Defendants’ answer argued that any prior oral agreement between the parties had been wholly merged and integrated into two written leasing contracts executed in October and December of 1959. The trial court granted partial summary judgment for…