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Re:My Ideas, My Boss’s Property by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @06:55AM (#7591176)
I can't really believe this - if both parties agreed an alternate contract was made orally then the court would effectively rule against both parties in favour of supporting a knowingly false contract?

FWIW the Wikipedia definition, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_corners_%28law%29, contrasts sharply with your use and doesn't really seem to speak at all to overwriting of terms by further contracts.

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Re:My Ideas, My Boss’s Property by judk on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @10:16AM (#7591914)
Ah but in practice, they won't agree. One aide will be motivated to claim the oral contract did not exist.
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Re:My Ideas, My Boss’s Property by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @11:48AM (#7598484)
Yes, but that's not what was claimed. Of course if it can't be established that there was any further [alteration of the] contract then the written contract will be relied on. But that doesn't really seem to be the heart of what the Four Corners doctrine is about.
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