Santosuosso v. Decarolis

Cowdrey, PJ.

This is an action in contract to recover the sum of $2,500.00 which the plaintiff allegedly paid as a deposit in a real estate purchase and sale transaction with the defendants.

The defendants endeavored in the trial court to introduce certain documentary evidence and oral testimony which, according to the defendants’ offer of proof, would have established that the plaintiff actually paid to the defendants only $2,000.00 of the $2,500.00 sum called for as a deposit by the parties’ realty agreement. This evidence was excluded by the trial justice on the basis of the Parol Evidence…