Rowland v. Whitehead

In Whitehead v. Rowland, 352 So.2d 128 (Fla.2d DCA 1977), this court reversed a judgment which had rescinded a deed to ten acres of citrus grove. The ground for reversal was that the court had violated the parol evidence rule by admitting testimony of the plaintiff that the consideration flowing to her for the conveyance of the property was the oral promise by one of the grantees to cultivate the grove and to divide the profits with her. The last paragraph of our opinion read as follows:

In the instant case, it is evident that the parties fully stated in writing the amount of the consideration…