Burtrum Bros. Motor Co. v. Dryden

In this case, we granted a rehearing on account of the strenuous argument by the ingenuous counsel for plaintiffs-appellees contending that we committed serious errors in our opinion in this case, 38 So.2d 88. Although we failed to state, in granting the rehearing, the ground upon which the application was granted, yet we did, on rehearing, fully inform the litigants that we were principally interested in the question of whether parol evidence could be introduced to show that the mortgage was given to secure the balance of the purchase price of the automobile in question.

Reiterating that it…