Court Opinion

ID: 9860848
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 23:34:21.344053+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:26:46.745743
License: Public Domain

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
On petition for rehearing Jerry Hancock, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mark Hancock, challenges our published opinion. Hancock raises several challenges, none of which merit the grant of a rehearing. However, two (2) issues raised require clarification of our opinion. The first issue involves an erroneous statement in the statement of the facts which indicated that Hancock initiated the contacts regarding the agreement in question. Hancock correctly notes that Knight made the first contact following Mark's death. However, this factual error does not change the decision in this case.
Hancock challenges also our statement in Issue 2 of the opinion which erroneously indicated that Hancock waived any error as to the admission of parol evidence. The parol evidence rule is a rule of preference and of substantive law "which prohibits both the trial court and appellate court from considering such evidence even though it was admitted to trial without objection." Franklin v. White (1986), Ind., 498 N.E.2d 161, 165-66. However, this error does not require reversal. As stated in our original opinion, the parol evidence rule does not apply to evidence of mistake, as was presented in this case. Therefore, Hancock's petition for rehearing is denied.
ROBERTSON, J. and SHIELDS, PJ., concur.