Mobil Oil Corp. v. Wolfe

EXUM, Justice.

This case presents the question whether a signatory to an instrument may introduce parol testimony that he did not intend to adopt a seal printed on the instrument as his own. We hold that where, as here, there is no ambiguity on the face of the instrument as to the adoption of the seal, such testimony is barred by the parol evidence rule.

This is an action by plaintiff Mobil Oil Corporation, filed 13 February 1978, on two guaranty agreements, each for $10,000. These agreements guaranteed the obligations of Dominion Oil Co., Inc., of Fayetteville. One was signed by defendant C.…