Bryant v. Bryant
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The paper is not between the parties to this suit and therefore is not subject to the so-called parol evidence rule: Simons & Sons v. Emery, 254 Pa. 569; Gill’s Est., 268 Pa. 500; Roberts v. Cauffiel, 283 Pa. 64. Under the settled law of this Commonwealth, if one of three joint obligors discharges his or her share of the joint obligation, by a payment to plaintiff, all three of the obligors are not thereby discharged: Burke v. Nobel, 48 Pa. 168; Schoch v. Miller, 10 Pa. 401;…
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The paper is not between the parties to this suit and therefore is not subject to the so-called parol evidence rule: Simons & Sons v. Emery, 254 Pa. 569; Gill’s Est., 268 Pa. 500; Roberts v. Cauffiel, 283 Pa. 64. Under the settled law of this Commonwealth, if one of three joint obligors discharges his or her share of the joint obligation, by a payment to plaintiff, all three of the obligors are not thereby discharged: Burke v. Nobel, 48 Pa. 168; Schoch v. Miller, 10 Pa. 401; Greenwald v. Kaster, 86 Pa. 45.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sadler,
William Bryant, a successful coal merchant of the City of Philadelphia, died on March 31, 1923, leaving a last will and testament, dated six days earlier. His actual conduct of the business had ceased in |922 because of ill health, though from time to time he exercised some personal supervision. He was survived by a widow, Mary Bryant, whom he had married in 1877. By her first marriage, slie had one child, Mrs. Lamb, and, with the daughter of the latter, Mrs. Du Sossoit, the four named resided together in the family home. The two brothers of the deceased, had long…
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