Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1791

Bond v. Haas's Executors

Bond v. Haas's Executors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided July 1, 1791
2 U.S. 133 (United States Reports)

Bond v. Haas's Executors

Opinion of the Court

By the Court:

—This would be, in effect, altering the contract, and increasing the value of the money, in direct opposition to the act of Assembly. It is settled in the Cafe of Lee and Biddis* that such evidence shall not be received. The evidence stated, is not to explain the contract, but to prove a new and a different one: And if such an offer as is mentioned created any legal obligation, a different suit must be brought to enforce it. The witness, therefore, must be rejected.

The plaintiff thereupon suffered a nonsuit.

1 Dall. 135. But see, likewise, Dall. 267. Hollingsworth versus Sit’ Da

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