Dawson, pp. 456-511: The Effects of Adopting a Writing

Introductory Note

Case: Mitchill v. Lath

Note: Believability and “Naturalness”

Case: Hatley v. Stafford

Case: Hayden v. Hoadley (excerpt)

Restatement of Contracts, Second §§ 209, 213, 214, 216

Case: Interform Co. v. Mitchell (excerpt)

Comment: The UCC’s Parol Evidence Rule

Case: Luris Bros. & Co. v. Pielet Bros. Scrap Iron & Metal, Inc. (excerpt)

Case: Lipsit v. Leonard

Case: Bank of America Nat. Trust & Sav. Ass’n v. Pendergrass (excerpt)

Note: Confining Promissory Fraud

Case: Sabo v. Delman (excerpt)

Case: LaFazia v. Howe

Note: Contractual Exclusion of Fraud

Case: Rio Grande Jewelers Supply v. Data General Corp. (excerpt)

Case: Hoffman v. Chapman

Interpretation of Written Agreements

Case: Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Turner Constr. Co. (excerpt)

Case: Robert Indus. v. Spence (excerpt)

Case: Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. G.W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co.

Case: Federal Dep. Ins. Corp. v. W.R. Grace & Co. (excerpt)

Case: Spaulding v. Morse (excerpt)

Restatement of Contracts, Second § 212

The Parol Evidence Rule and the Statute of Frauds

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