Legal Opinion
Herd v. Bissel
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 15, 1791PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Action on note. Issue to the jury, on a plea of payment in part, and a tender of a sum in full. On the note was indorsed, April, A. I). 1189, £15 13s. 4d.; and the defendant produced a receipt from the plaintiff, dated 23d of June, A. D. 1789, for the sum of £15 11s.; the plaintiff saiJ these were one and the same sum, and offered parol evidence to prove it.
1Opinion of the Court
But
by the Court.
Parol evidence may not be admitted to contradict the writing, which must speak for itself; and the receipt and indorsement are so different dates, and for different sums. ' . '
2Cited by1 opinion
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