This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by William Herbert Page. Also available from Amazon: Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Deals, Contracts, Agreements and Promises.
Parol evidence cannot be received to add a new term to a written contract within the statute of frauds, even though such term is collateral and proper thus to be" proved in the case of the ordinary written contract.1
1Beekwith v. Talbot, 95 U. S. 289; Lee v. Butler, 167 Mass. 426; 57 Am. St. Rep. 466; 46 N. E. 52; Peck v. Vandemark, 90 N. Y. 29; 1 N. E. 41.
2 White v. Core, 20 W. Va. 272.
3 See Sec. 688.
1 Chouteau v. Goddin. 39 Mo. 201 : McWhirter v. Allen. 1 Tex. Civ. A pp. 649; 20 S. W. 1007.
2McLeod v. Adams, 102 Ga. 533; 27 S. E. 680.
3 Chouteau v. Goddin, 39 Mo. 201.
4McLeorl v. Adams, 102 Ga. 533; 27 S. E. 680.
1 McMullen v. Helberg. 6 L. R. Ir. 463. Contract in consideration of marriage. Russell v. Russell, 60 N. J. Eq. 282; 47 Atl. 37.
 
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