Rearich v. Swinehart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Union. This was an action of covenant, which was brought by the executors of Henry Rearich, deceased, against Christian Rearich, and was founded upon articles of agreement, executed between the testator and the defendant, who stood to each other in the relation of father and son. The pleas were covenants performed and release.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Union. This was an action of covenant, which was brought by the executors of Henry Rearich, deceased, against Christian Rearich, and was founded upon articles of agreement, executed between the testator and the defendant, who stood to each other in the relation of father and son. The pleas were covenants performed and release. By these articles, dated 10th March, 1832, Henry Rearich covenanted, in consideration of so much per acre, to convey certain land on or before the 1st of April ensuing, to Christian Rearich, and Christian covenanted with Henry to “ pay the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of this court was delivered by
Bell, J.
In Pennsylvania, perhaps, the door has been opened wider than elsewhere for the admission of parol proof to reform, modify, and even to extinguish a written instrument, in cases of fraud, mistake, or trust. Of the wisdom of this liberality, or it may be laxity, much diversity of opinion has been entertained and expressed. But it is now too late to question the doctrine, since the long series of cases from Hurst v. Kirkbride, down to the recent determination in Renshaw v. Gans, 7 Barr, 117, with very little wavering, establish the rule, that…
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- Oliver ex rel. Rowland v. OliverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
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