Fabel v. Mayer

Citations

• 14 Pa. Super. 139
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 27

Syllabus

<p>Practice, G. P. — Statement—Parol contract — Evidence.</p> <p>The plaintiff having declared upon an express oral contract of sale of certain chattels at prices agreed upon, an appraisement list, not signed by either party, alleged to have been considered and adopted by the parties, was admissible in evidence without its having been attached to plaintiff’s statement. The whole matter resting in parol the paper was not such a contract as to come within the provisions of the Act of May 25, 1887, P. L. 271, requiring a copy thereof to be attached to the statement.</p> <p>Evidence — Specific contract of sale.</p> <p>The question being whether defendant had or had not purchased under a parol contract certain chattels at a specified price, fixed in a written inventory alleged to have been accepted as fixing value, evidence offered by the defendant for the purpose of showing the condition and value of the property was properly rejected.</p>