First Pennsylvania Mortgage Trust v. Dorchester Savings Bank

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• holding that the “clear terms” of the original agreement requiring written consent for modification did not nullify a subsequent oral modification
• ample evidence, including telephone conversations and written memoranda, supported claim that amount of construction loan was increased by oral agreement after substantial cost overruns occurred
• \appellate courts must constantly have in mind that their function is not to decide factual issues de novo\ [citation omitted]
• due regard given to opportunity of judge to assess credibility of witnesses
• dispute between participating and lead lenders over agreement to refinance borrower

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).