Fullwood v. Blanding

Citations

• 26 S.C. 312
• 2 S.E. 565
• 1887 S.C. LEXIS 77

Syllabus

<p>1. Parol testimony is admissible to show that an. assignment in writing of a bond and mortgage was intended only to secure the assignee from the payment of a debt, then in suit, which might be made a charge upon a tract of land that day purchased by the assignee from the assignor. Such testimony is inadmissible to contradict, alter, or vary the terms of a written instrument, but may be introduced to explain their object and intent.</p> <p>2. Findings of fact by the Circuit Judge, upon written testimony submitted to him, approved.</p>