Cordas v. Wright

Plaintiffs appeal on a settled statement from a judgment for defendants. The action is one for damages for breach of contract and for neglectful and unskillful work in laying a concrete slab. According to plaintiffs, as set forth in their brief, “The only question involved is whether it was proper for the trial court to admit evidence, oral and written, of prior negotiations to contradict the terms of a written instrument.” Attached to plaintiffs’ complaint is a copy of the writing upon which they rely as the integration of the agreement of the parties. The original writing was introduced as…