Gilstrap v. Culpepper

Chandler, Justice:

This appeal is from an Order of the Trial Court granting Respondent Gilstrap a Judgment of Foreclosure and dismissing with prejudice Appellant Joyce I. Culpepper’s Counterclaim for specific performance.

Appellant contends the Trial Judge erred in admitting parol evidence which resulted in an 8% interest rate being added to a written contract of sale of real estate when the contract made no reference to interest payments. We agree and reverse.

In equity actions tried by a Circuit Judge alone, without a reference, this Court’s scope of review extends to the findings of fact in…