Becker v. Lagerquist Bros., Inc.

55 Wn.2d 425 (1960)

348 P.2d 423

RODNEY A. BECKER et al., Respondents,

v.

LAGERQUIST BROTHERS, INC., Appellant.[1]

No. 34535.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 14, 1960.

McCann, Barnett & Towne (Vernon W. Towne, of counsel), for appellant.

MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless, for respondents.

FOSTER, J.

Appellant corporation, defendant below, appeals from a judgment requiring specific performance of an oral agreement to pave a street or, in the alternative, to pay the cost thereof.

The gravamen of appellant's contention is that, under the parol evidence rule, the earnest-money receipt precluded…