United States Rubber Co. v. Kimsey

The cause was tried to the court and a jury and a verdict was rendered in favor of the defendant Leek, whom we will hereafter term the defendant. Upon the trial counsel for plaintiff objected to testimony on the part of the defendant for the reason that the parol evidence rule applies to a promissory note and prohibits proof of oral agreements to the effect that the note is to be payable at a different time or the maker’s liability is limited in any way not shown on the face of the note, and assigns that the court erred in permitting oral testimony to be introduced for the purpose of proving…