Centenary M. E. Church v. Clime

Citations

• 116 Pa. 146
• 19 W.N.C. 361
• 9 A. 163
• 1887 Pa. LEXIS 373

Syllabus

<p>1. Parol evidence, which is explanatory of the subject matter of a written contract, consistent writh its terms and necessary for its interpretation, is admissible.</p> <p>2. Plaintiff entered into a written contract to complete a building partly erected of a certain kind of stone, but the kind of stone to be used by him was not stated in the contract. In a suit to recover for extra work alleged to have been caused by the quality of stone supplied, it was not error to admit evidence that the kind of stone which had been used in the building was verbally agreed upon by the parties as that to be used under the contract.</p>