Van Harris Realty, Inc. v. Coffey

CARLTON, Judge.

Defendants’ several assignments of error result in a single question presented by this appeal: Did the trial court properly apply the parol evidence rule to certain testimony proffered by the defendants?

Plaintiff introduced a written contract signed by defendants in which defendants gave plaintiff an exclusive right to sell certain real estate. Defendants thereafter attempted, through oral testimony, to prove an oral agreement between the parties entered into just before or simultaneously with the written con tract which would establish a different understanding of the parties.…