Legal Opinion
O'HARRA v. Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 1, 1800PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
4 U.S. 340 (____)
4 Dall. 340
O'Harra
versus
Hall.
Supreme Court of United States.
CHASE, Justice.
You may explain, but you cannot alter, a written contract, by parol testimony. A case of explanation, implies uncertainty, ambiguity, and doubt, upon the face of the writing. But the proposition now, is a plain case of alteration: that is, an offer to prove by witnesses, that the assignor promised something, beyond the plain words and meaning of his written contract. Such evidence is inadmissible; and has been so adjudged by the Supreme Court, in Clarke v. Russel, 3 Dall. Rep. 415. As to the authority…
2Cited by8 opinions
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