Shute v. Shute
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Lancaster, June, 1908. Action by Howell H. Shute against Wm. H. Shute, John Shute and Joseph D. Shute. The following is the Circuit decree: “The primary issue involved here is this: “Did the plaintiff intend the deed in controversy to be delivered upon its signing, so as to convey the fee out of 'him and into the defendants ? “At the outset the defendants object to, as incompetent, any parol testimony to prove the negative of that issue.
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Before Gage, J., Lancaster, June, 1908. Action by Howell H. Shute against Wm. H. Shute, John Shute and Joseph D. Shute. The following is the Circuit decree: “The primary issue involved here is this: “Did the plaintiff intend the deed in controversy to be delivered upon its signing, so as to convey the fee out of 'him and into the defendants ? “At the outset the defendants object to, as incompetent, any parol testimony to prove the negative of that issue. The rule of evidence which rejects parol testimony, which tends to vary a written instrument, is as old as the 1 law. The matter of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
After careful consideration of the record, this Court is of the opinion that the reasoning of the Circuit Court well supports the conclusions stated in the decree.
The judgment of this Court is, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.
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