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F. C. BROOKS & SONS, INC. v. SHELL OIL CO.

25781.

226 Ga. 435 (1970)

175 S.E.2d 557

F. C. BROOKS & SONS, INC. v. SHELL OIL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holcomb & McDuff, Frank D. Holcomb, Robert E. McDuff, for appellant.

Raymond M. Reed, G. Robert Howard, for appellee.

FELTON, Justice.

1. A contract for a lease of land for a period longer than one year must be in writing (Code § 20-401 (4); Byrd v. Piha, 165 Ga. 397, 400 (141 SE 48)), and the writing "must be complete in itself, leaving nothing to rest in parol." F. & W. Grand &c. Stores v. Eiseman, 160 Ga. 321, 325 (127 SE 872). "`Parol contemporaneous evidence is inadmissible generally to contradict or vary the terms of a valid written instrument...

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