Parol Evidence Rule in Real Estate Contract Dispute

A party, having entered into an agreement to sell property, subsequently refused to proceed with the final deed execution, asserting that a prior verbal agreement to include an additional parcel of land had not been honored, despite the written contract explicitly defining the boundaries and price of the property being sold without the disputed parcel. The court rejected the appeal, reasoning that the written contract constituted the complete agreement between the parties, and parol evidence regarding prior or contemporaneous verbal agreements that contradicted or added to the clear terms of the authenticated written deed was inadmissible to modify the obligations expressly undertaken in the signed document.