U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1802

Davy v. Faw

Davy v. Faw
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided April 15, 1802 · Marshall
7 F. Cas. 200; 1 Cranch 89
Davy v. Faw

Opinion of the Court

THE COURT

allowed parol evidence to show what were the accounts and contracts meant in the submission, and stopped C. Lee who had offered such evidence, and informed him that in the case of Ellzey v. Mosorop [Case No. 4,412], in Washington, they had decided that where the terms of submission were uncertain, parol evidence might be given of the controversies submitted.

MARSHALL, Circuit Judge, absent.

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