Randall v. Tradewell Stores, Inc.

(dissenting) — The question presented is whether a contract which does not indicate a time limit may have a definite time fixed by parol evidence.

The contract under consideration is clear upon its face. Therefore, parol evidence should not have been received by the court to fix any definite time that it was to run. The reason for so stating is that the evidence which attempted to fix the time related entirely to conversations had between the parties at the time the contract was signed and before its delivery.

The general rule excluding evidence of contemporaneous or prior verbal agreements,…