Case Name: Forker v. J. B. Colt Company
Court: Appellate Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1924-02-21
Citations: 81 Ind. App. 141
Docket Number: No. 11,795
Parties: Forker v. J. B. Colt Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 81
Pages: 141–142

Head Matter:
Forker v. J. B. Colt Company.
[No. 11,795.
Filed February 21, 1924.]
Sales. — Contract.—Verbal Promise Merged in Written. — All verbal promises made in negotiating a sale are merged in a written contract thereafter executed, and an oral promise to install the materials sold in a lighting plant cannot be pleaded as a defense to an action for the purchase money.
From Noble Circuit Court; Arthur F. Biggs, Judge.
Action by the J. B. Colt Company against John D. Forker. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Vermont Finley, for appellant.
Luke H. Wrigley and Glenn E. Thrapp, for appellee.

Opinion:
Dausman, P. J.
John D. Forker entered into a written contract with the J. B. Colt Company, by the terms of which he purchased from the latter a generator, pipes, burners, and other articles, for a carbide lighting plant. This action is on the contract to recover the agreed price of the merchandise. Forker answered that at the time of the execution of the contract, the company orally promised to install the lighting plant in such manner as to properly light his residence; that the oral promise was made for the purpose of inducing him to sign the written contract, and constitutes a part of the consideration therefor; and that the company has refused to make the installation. A demurrer to the answer was sustained. The assignment of error challenges the ruling on the demurrer. The principle here involved falls within Brown v. Russell & Co. (1886), 105 Ind. 46, 4 N. E. 428; and on authority of that case the judgment is affirmed.