Walnut Creek Milling Co. v. Smith Brothers Co.

The first question propounded by the Court of Appeals follows: “Where a contract for the purchase and sale of a specified quantity of flour, described and identified only by the trade-name or brand of ‘Snoflour,’ was entered upon in writing, is such a contract ambiguous to the extent that in a suit thereon the vendee will be permitted to show that according to the understanding between the parties, not expressed in the writing, the term ‘Snoflour’ contemplated a grade of flour equal in all respects to another brand of flour known as the ‘Elberta’ brand, with which the vendee was familiar? See…