U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1819

Garrett v. Woodward & Yerby

Garrett v. Woodward & Yerby
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided December 15, 1819 · Cranch
2 D.C. 190
Garrett v. Woodward & Yerby

Opinion of the Court

The Court

however,

(Cranch, C. J., not concurring,)

permitted parol evidence to be given of the contents of the paper; and the defendant Yerby took a bill of exceptions.

The plaintiffs having given evidence of a partnership in the name and firm of Thomas Woodward, the confessions of the defendant Woodward were permitted by the Court to be given in evidence, to show that the debt due to the plaintiffs was a debt due from the partnership.

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