Cairo & Vincennes Railroad v. Parker

Citations

• 84 Ill. 613

Syllabus

<p>1. Parol evidence—to vary written, contract. Parol evidence of a contract, made at the time of or prior to the execution of a written contract is not admissible to change the legal force and effect of the writing, or to make the contract different from what the writing imports.</p> <p>3. So, where a note is given for a subscription to a railroad company, “ to become due and payable when the track of said railroad shall be built ” through a named county, and the “cars shall have run thereon,” a plea which sets up a further condition that the road should be completed through the county within two years, is bad on general demurrer, as attempting to change by parol the written agreement.</p>