Thomas Roberts & Co. v. Bonaparte
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This is an action at law brought hy the appellants against the appellee, to recover a balance claimed to be due for advances. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This is an action at law brought hy the appellants against the appellee, to recover a balance claimed to be due for advances. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiffs offered the three following prayers: 1. That by the contract bearing date February 27th, offered in evidence, the defendant became bound personally to account to the plaintiffs for the money to he advanced by them under said contract, according to its terms and conditions, and the jury are not at liberty to consider the testimony of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The controversy in this case is over a contract relating to the packing and sale of canned corn and tomatoes. The parties are widely apart as to what the contract actually was, as to its constrliction, and as to their respective rights and obligations under it. The appellants contend that the entire contract is embodied in the two written papers dated the 27th of February, 1888; that no parol or extrinsic evidence is admissible to modify or vary it; and that, by its true construction, the *197appellee is personally responsible to them for the moneys advanced to him under it, just as if it had…
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