Jenkins v. Karlton

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

The issue presented in this case is whether parol evidence of the parties’ intentions, expressed prior to, or contemporaneously with, the execution of a demand note, or the debt- or’s subsequent acknowledgment of the debt, may vary the terms of that note. The Circuit Court for Baltimore County, finding that neither could, dismissed, as barred by limitations, the action on the note that John S. Karlton (“Karlton”) filed against Albert E. Jenkins (“Jenkins”) more than three years after its execution. The Court of Special Appeals disagreed. Reversing the trial court, that…