Crelier v. Mackey

Citations

• 243 Pa. 363
• 90 A. 158
• 1914 Pa. LEXIS 630

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Construction—Evidence—Parol evidence rule — Binding instructions.</p> <p>1. The plain terms of a written contract cannot be varied by oral evidence, where there is no offer to prove that there has been any fraud, accident or mistake in the execution of the agreement. The meaning of the parties to the agreement is conclusively presumed to have been set forth in its written words, and, in the absence of ambiguity, it is for the court to construe it.</p> <p>2. Where plaintiff and defendant signed an agreement on the letter head of .a corporation and there is nothing on the face of such agreement to indicate that the defendant did not intend to be personally bound, the court does not err in refusing an offer to show that the defendant had executed the contract as the representative of the corporation and that this fact was known to the plaintiff . at the time the contract was executed.</p>