DeSteiger v. Hollington
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court, How. Geo. W. Duww, Judge. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. I. In cases of this character when the contract is denied and the question is as to the contract having been made, no evidence can be received except such as the law requires, i. e., written evidence. — Wright v. Weeks, 25 N. Y. 153; Hook v. Turner, 22 Mo. 333; Wildbahn v. Róbideaux, 11 Mo. 660. Neither party can connect himself with it by parol evidence. —…
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Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court, How. Geo. W. Duww, Judge. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. I. In cases of this character when the contract is denied and the question is as to the contract having been made, no evidence can be received except such as the law requires, i. e., written evidence. — Wright v. Weeks, 25 N. Y. 153; Hook v. Turner, 22 Mo. 333; Wildbahn v. Róbideaux, 11 Mo. 660. Neither party can connect himself with it by parol evidence. — Wood on Master and Servant, 380; Browne on Frauds, sect. 372; Wright v. Weeks, supra. II. In order to constitute a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Ellison, J.
This is an action to recover damages from defendant for failure to comply with contract of sale of land, being all of the west part of lot No. 8 in block No. 55 in the town of Cameron.
The suit is based on the following written paper, which was introduced in evidence by plaintiff as the foundation of his claim:
*385“Cameron, Mo., Feb. 23d, 1882.
“Received of H. S. Beery, the sum of one hundred dollars in part payment of the west part of lot 8 in block 55, including all that'part of said lot west and adjoining the brick building now occupied by Hamer & Shean, druggists, which is…
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