Harten v. Loffler
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on verdict in an action for tbe alleged breach of a contract. The Court in tbe opinion stated tbe facts as follows: Tbe appellee, Ernest Loffler, sued tbe appellant, Hugh Harten, for breach of contract. Tbe appellant owned a parcel of land on Brightwood avenue, or 7th street road,. % mile north of Brightwood, in this District.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on verdict in an action for tbe alleged breach of a contract. The Court in tbe opinion stated tbe facts as follows: Tbe appellee, Ernest Loffler, sued tbe appellant, Hugh Harten, for breach of contract. Tbe appellant owned a parcel of land on Brightwood avenue, or 7th street road,. % mile north of Brightwood, in this District. He there kept a saloon and country tavern in a building erected on a lot triangular in shape,, fronting 85 feet on 7th street road. As appears in tbe diagram, tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mo Comas
The first, sixth, and eighth assignments of error raise the question of the admissibility of the parol testimony we have stated, which tended to show in what sense the word “about” was used in the agreement, and to what property the agreement applied.
The writing in controversy was drawn by an unskilled person. Uncertainty arose concerning the property to which it applied. The court below admitted this parol evidence of the surrounding circumstances and the negotiations preceding and accompanying the execution of the paper, to ascertain and make plain the intent of the parties and the meaning…
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