Steel v. Loeb

Citations

• 5 Pa. Super. 238
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 225

Syllabus

<p>Goniract — Interpretation—Question for jury.</p> <p>A parol contract, having been declared on as made between plaintiff and L in a suit for the breach of said contract the question of the making of the contract is a simple question for the jury independent of the existence of another written contract made on the same day between plaintiff and L. and W., although the parol contract with L. may have been the inducement for the execution of the written contract with L. and W. The jury having found for the plaintiff the defendant at least had no cause for complaint that the trial judge held the proof of the oral agreement up to the strict rule required for an alleged contemporaneous oral agreement purporting to enlarge or modify a written agreement.</p>