Case Name: M'Kinney against The Lessee of Leacock
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1814-09-12
Citations: 1 Serg. & Rawle 27
Docket Number: 
Parties: M‘Kinney against The Lessee of Leacock.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Sergeant & Rawle)
Volume: 1
Pages: 27–27

Head Matter:
M‘Kinney against The Lessee of Leacock.
In Error.
THIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Mercer county, to remove the record of the proceedings in an ejectment, with which a bill of exceptions was returned.
The material exception was, that the Court below had permitted parol evidence to be given on the part of the plaintiff that a certain John Walker was the agent of Probst and-Lodge, when it appeared that a contract in writing existed in relation to the said agency.
Parol evidence cannot be given of a fact, in relation to •which there exists a contract in ■writing.
Baldwin, for the plaintiff in error.
Foster, for the defendant in error.'

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The case is extremely plain. The parol evidence was improper to prove the contents of a writing.
Judgment reversed, and a Venire de novo awarded. Also restitution awarded of the possession of the land, and of the costs levied on an execution taken out by the plaintiff in the Court below.