Lineberry v. Lineberry

VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant presents three issues on appeal. The first issue is whether the trial judge properly admitted parol evidence to change the written terms of the contract.

In general, when the language of a contract is unambiguous, the court may not ignore or delete any of its provisions. As stated in Adder v. Holman & Moody, Inc., 288 N.C. 484, 492, 219 S.E. 2d 190, 196 (1975), “The intention of the parties must be determined from the language of the contract, the purposes of the contract, the subject matter and the situation of the parties at the time the contract is executed.” An…