Asheville Mall, Inc. v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

PARKER, Judge.

The issue before us is whether the trial judge erred in refusing to admit parol evidence offered by plaintiff to explain the terms of the lease. The question to be determined in the trial court was whether the north wall was included in defendant’s lease. The relevant sections of the contract are as follows:

Tenant’s Right to Make Alterations

Art. 8. The Landlord agrees that the Tenant may at its own expense, from time to time during the term hereof, make such alterations, additions and changes, structural or otherwise, in and to the demised premises as it finds necessary or…