Case Name: Ananias Elwell against William Lesley
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1800-09
Citations: 7 N.J.L. 349
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ananias Elwell against William Lesley.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 418–418

Head Matter:
Ananias Elwell against William Lesley.
ON CERTIORARI.
A receipt is not conclusive against the party giving it, but a mistake may be proved by parol.

Opinion:
Kinsey, O. J.
The only reason assigned, which is supported, is, that the verdict of the jury, and the judgment of the justice below, were founded' upon evidence shewing a mistake in a receipt, which it is contended was not admissible. A receipt may *be proved, by parol, to have been given under a mistake; and though, independent of such testimony, the receipt is prima fade evidence of a discharge, its operation may bp destroyed in this manner. Therefore, by the whole court, let the
Judgment be affirmed.