Opinion

BROWN DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. Hemond

  • 956 A.2d 104
  • 2008 ME 146
  • 2008 Me. LEXIS 149
  • 2008 WL 4308143
Court
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Filed
Sep 23, 2008
Status
Published
Author
Alexander
On the bench
Alexander, Silver, Mead, Gorman
Cited by
39 cases

stating that whether a contract is integrated for purposes of applying the parol evidence rule is a question of law

How later courts described this case

  • stating that whether a contract is integrated for purposes of applying the parol evidence rule is a question of law
  • explaining Maine’s approach to the parol evidence rule
  • explaining Pennsylvania’s approach to the parol evidence rule
  • declining to reach conclusions on issues not raised on appeal

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ALEXANDER, J.,

dissenting.

[¶ 20] I respectfully dissent. As the Superior Court’s judgment determined, there is no reference to the “Davidson lot” so-called in any of the parties’ written agreements. Accordingly, the Superior Court correctly determined that Hemond’s effort to amend the written agreements by claiming an oral side agreement that Brown would acquire the Davidson lot is barred by the statute of frauds. I would affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

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