HENDRICK v. HENDRICK. Superior Court for Law and Equity, Mero District. May 1808. Upon plea of non est factum to a bond for the delivery of corn, proof of the parol acknowledgment of the defendant that he owed the plaintiff the quantity of corn specified, without saying he owed it by bond, is inadmissible to […]
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CHEATHAM v. HALEY, 1 Tenn. 265 (1808)
CHEATHAM v. HALEY. Superior Court for Law and Equity, Mero District. May 1808. Parol evidence is admissible to a matter collateral to the written contract. Thus, where the defendant sold a slave to the plaintiff, and gave him a bill of sale warranting title, but not health, the plaintiff may, in an action on the […]