Locke v. Murdoch
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Colfax County; Leib, ■Judge. Action by H. S. Murdoch against Seaon Loche. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. STATEMENT OP PACTS. This is an action brought in the district court for Colfax county by appellee against appellant.
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Appeal from District Court, Colfax County; Leib, ■Judge. Action by H. S. Murdoch against Seaon Loche. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. STATEMENT OP PACTS. This is an action brought in the district court for Colfax county by appellee against appellant. The complaint alleged, substantially, that the parties hereto entered into a wriiten contract on September 23, 1910, whereby appellant agreed to sell, and appellee to purchase, appellant’s dental practice and certain office furniture in the town of Springer, in consideration of $300, payable in certain moT’thlv installments;…
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OPINION,OF. THE COURT.'...PARKER, J.-
(after stating .the facts.-as ahkve.-)—
[1-4]. We discuss the questions presented-by appellant; according to their'relative importance:- -The. first ;and- con-1 trolling question presented concerns-.- -fhq- .-admission of- eertain evidence whicli appellant claims violates the rule That oral testimony cannot be admitted for the purpose of altering or changing the terms of a written intrument. The appellant contends, as we understand his brief,'that the alleged promise of appellant to execute a written'.contract not to engage in the practice of dentistry in…
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