Snyder v. Lovercheck
Wyoming Supreme Court
992 P.2d 1079 (1999)
Before Snyder (plaintiff) bought the Loverchecks' (defendant) wheat farm, Ron Lovercheck told him the farm's known rye problems were minor and manageable, consistent with the former owner's opinion, though the crops hadn't yet grown in at the time; the sale contract disclaimed Snyder's reliance on any representations and included merger and "as is" clauses, but after closing the rye problems proved far worse than disclosed, prompting Snyder's suit for breach of contract and fraud, which the trial court dismissed via summary judgment based on the contract's disclaimers.
Whether the parol evidence rule bars evidence used to establish a separate distinct contract, a condition precedent, fraud, mistake, or repudiation.