Nix v. Low

There is no rule of law that compels some classes of instruments to be sealed and others not. There are some classes of obligations that customarily bear a seal. But mere custom will not put a seal on instruments where no seal is to be found. .Even a promissory note may have a seal, if the maker so intends and impresses it. The presence of a .seal, without recitation in the body of the instrument that a seal was intended, will not close the door to proof, by parol, that, in fact, no seal was intended nor affixed. Some cases hold that the presence of a seal, without some expression in the body…