Rankin v. Helms

94 S.E.2d 651 (1956)

244 N.C. 532

Richard E. RANKIN

v.

Ray T. HELMS, trading as Heims Construction Company.

No. 168.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 10, 1956.

Basil L. Whitener, Gastonia, and Warren C. Stack, Charlotte, for defendant, appellant.

R. G. Cherry, Gastonia, and Frank Battley Rankin, Mount Holly, for plaintiff, appellee.

PARKER, Justice.

Plaintiff offered evidence, which was admitted by the court over 31 objections and exceptions by the defendant based upon the ground that the evidence violated the parol evidence rule, to this effect: Plaintiff made a verbal contract with defendant…