Jenkins v. . Wood

Is it permissible for a party signing a receipt for money, to explain or contradict the same by oral testimony?

The evidence tended to show that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as substitute clerk in the postoffice at Littleton, N. C., and agreed to work for $50.00 per month. The United States Government paid for such service the sum of sixty-five cents per hour. The hours of service rendered by plaintiff computed at the government price, amounted to much more than $50.00 per month. The defendant received pay from the government for the services of plaintiff the sum of sixty-five…