Thayer v. Seep

Citations

• 168 Pa. 414
• 31 A. 1072
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 813

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Parol evidence to vary written contract.</p> <p>By a written contract defendant agreed to purchase oil from plaintiff at a certain sum per barrel above the market price of National Transit Company Certificate Oil. Plaintiff claimed that the written agreement did not embody the actual terms of the contract between the parties, and that, in addition to the price named in the written contract, defendant was to pay ten cents per barrel for piping the oil. Plaintiff was the only witness who testified in support of this claim. Held, that in the absence of another witness in support of plaintiff’s claim, or of corroborating circumstances equivalent to the testimony of another witness, plaintiff was not entitled to recover the ten cents per barrel addition for piping.</p>