Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. Morehead

The proffered testimony of the defendants was excluded upon the theory that it runs counter to the terms of their written endorsement. White v. Fisheries Products Co., 183 N. C., 228, 111 S. E., 182; Bank v. Dardine, 207 N. C., 509, 177 S. E., 635.

It is well-nigh axiomatic that no verbal agreement between the parties to a written contract, made before or at the time of the execution of such contract, is admissible to vary its terms or to contradict its provisions. Dawson v. Wright, 208 N. C., 418, 181 S. E., 264; Coral Gables v. Ayres, 208 N. C., 426, 181 S. E., 263; Carlton v. Oil Co., 206…