Galloway v. . Thrash

Is it competent, as between the parties, to show that a note given by a son to his father represented an advancement and was to be paid by crediting it against the son’s anticipated share of the father’s estate? The answer is, Yes.

It is established by the decisions in this jurisdiction that the rule which prohibits the introduction of parol evidence to vary, modify or contradict the terms of a written instrument, is not violated:

First, by showing a conditional delivery of said instrument. Thomas v. Carteret Co., 182 N. C., 374, 109 S. E., 384; Garrison v. Machine Co., 159 N. C., 285, 74 S.…