Jordan v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Deew,

In this action in assumpsit we are concerned with an alleged oral agreement between Eugene Jordan, plaintiff, and The Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada., defendant. Plaintiff claims that this agreement was entered into prior to his submitting in writing his resignation as manager of defendant’s Philadelphia office. The learned court below entered a nonsuit on the ground that the parol evidence rule prevented proof of the alleged oral contract. From an order refusing to remove the nonsuit, plaintiff brought this appeal.

On July 6, 1923, plaintiff entered into…