Yucca Mining & Petroleum Co. v. Howard C. Phillips Oil Co.

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• although evidence of prior or contemporaneous parol agreements cannot be admitted to vary terms of written contract concerning interest in land, evidence of subsequent oral modification admissible
• “A rescission is not warranted by a mere breach of contract not so substantial and fundamental as to defeat the object of the parties in making the agreement.” (quotation omitted)

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