Feykert
Western Steel & Engineering Co. v. Feykert
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Sturtevant, J.
The plaintiff commenced an action to recover damages caused by an alleged breach of contract. The defendant appeared and answered and filed a cross-complaint. The plaintiff answered the cross-complaint and a trial was had in the lower court, the court sitting without a jury. The judgment went for'the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed. •
The appellant, in several ways, contends that the trial court received evidence varying the terms of a written contract. To understand these contentions it will clarify the matter to state that in October, 1920, the plaintiff applied to the defendant to make a bid on the construction of a high-pressure press. For the purpose of that application the plaintiff submitted a set of blue-prints. The minds of the parties never met on the above-mentioned application and all matters concerning it were subsequently dropped. Later the plaintiff prepared another set of blue-prints. The one that is involved in this case was introduced on the trial and is known as plaintiff’s exhibit 5. A duplicate copy of plaintiff’s exhibit 5 was also introduced and was marked defendant’s exhibit 4. Each set of blue-prints contained sheets marked 1-1-1, 1-1-3, 1-1-4,…