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SEVERE v. PENNY

No. 8010SC204.

269 S.E.2d 760 (1980)

Ronald A. SEVERE and Karen A. Severe v. Becky W. PENNY and Katherine Warren Galloway.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barringer, Allen & Pinnix by John L. Pinnix, and Noel Lee Allen, Raleigh, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Poyner, Geraghty, Hartsfield & Townsend by David W. Long and Elaine R. Pope, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.

ROBERT M. MARTIN, Judge.

N.C.Gen. Stat. § 22-2 states that "[a]ll contracts to sell or convey any lands . .shall be void unless said contract, or some memorandum or note thereof, be put in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith . . .." 22-2 has been interpreted to prohibit parol evidence to establish such a contract. "A contract which the law requires to be in writing can be proved only by the writing itself, not as the best but as the...

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