Wilson v. Standard Fertilizer Co.

The verdict must be interpreted by reference to the testimony of the witnesses and the charge of the court. Balcum, v. Johnson, 177 N. C., 213, 218; Weldon v. R. R., ibid., 179; Jones v. R. R., 176 N. C., 260. Giving it this interpretation we are led to the conclusion that the jury accepted the defendant’s contention that the chattel mortgage never became effective because the plaintiff did not comply with his agreement to make a cash payment of one hundred and fifty dollars — an agreement in parol, not contradicting the written instrument but constituting a condition precedent to its…