Brewster v. Potruff

On October 31,1881, plaintiff and defendant were severally owners of undivided interests in a field of wheat on land occupied by them, and plaintiff gave defendant a bill of sale, whereby, for the expressed consideration of $275, he bargained, sold and conveyed his interest in the wheat to defendant, with warranty of title. The sum named as the consideration was duly paid. Afterwards plaintiff brought suit in assumpsit, claiming that, notwithstanding the bill of sale, he was entitled, by oral agreement made at the same time, to a portion of the wheat, in case the quantity, when harvested,…