Stamp v. Honest Abe Log Homes, Inc.

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• determining that a claim for misrepresentation “sounded in tort” rather than contract, and therefore the parol evidence rule should have no application
• noting that “[t]he general rule is that parol evidence is not admissible to contradict, alter, or vary the terms of a written instrument, except upon grounds of estoppel” (citing Myers v. Taylor, 64 S.W. 719 (Tenn. 1901))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).