Langer v. Felton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
■Writ of error to the Court of Commo.n Pleas of Philadelphia eounty. ' Felton, the plaintiff below, brought an action for money had and received against Langer, the plaintiff in error.
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■Writ of error to the Court of Commo.n Pleas of Philadelphia eounty. ' Felton, the plaintiff below, brought an action for money had and received against Langer, the plaintiff in error. On the trial, the. plaintiff below offered to prove, by.one Catharine Dredger, that the defendant had acknowledged that he acted as the agent of- the plaintiff in purchasing a certain lot of ground from John Dredger, the. husband of the said Catharine, and'herself; That he also acknowledged that he had received from the plaintiff, for the purpose of paying in-part for the said lot, the sum of one hundred…
1Per curiam
There is no estoppel' but between the parties to the deed. But here the offer was to prove a fraud; and there is no principle clearer than that a party to the fraud is competent to prove it. - , - 1 • ,
Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by3 opinions
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