Wilson v. Nugent

Hart, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). It is earnestly insisted that the chancery, court erred in holding the written instrument of November 8,1924,'signed by Albert L. Wilson, to be a contract instead of a receipt merely. The same instrument may be a receipt and a contract. Where a writing, though in form of a receipt, embodies the elements of a contract, it is in its nature subject to the same rules as any other contract and is not open to variation or contradiction by parol evidence. 22 C. J. 1138 and cases cited; Seitz v. Brewers’ Refrigerating Machine Co., 141 U. S. 510, 12 S. Ct. 46, 35…