Case Name: Herd v. Bissel
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1791-02
Citations: 1 Root 260
Docket Number: 
Parties: Herd v. Bissel.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 260–260

Head Matter:
Herd v. Bissel.
Parol evidence not admissible to explain or contradict writings.
Action on note. Issue to the jury, on a plea of payment in part, and a tender of a sum in full. On the note was indorsed, April, A. I). 1189, £15 13s. 4d.; and the defendant produced a receipt from the plaintiff, dated 23d of June, A. D. 1789, for the sum of £15 11s.; the plaintiff saiJ these were one and the same sum, and offered parol evidence to prove it.

Opinion:
But
by the Court.
Parol evidence may not be admitted to contradict the writing, which must speak for itself; and the receipt and indorsement are so different dates, and for different sums. ' . '