Faucett v. Currier

Decided March 5, 1874

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1874-03-05

Contract for breach of the following agreement signed and sealed by the defendant, a married woman, under date of June 9, 1870: “ I hereby acknowledge that I have purchased by public auction, house and lot 29 on Beethoven Street for the sum of six thousand dollars, and have paid into the hands of Gr.

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Decided 1874-03-05

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Gray, C. J.

¶1The exact question now presented was argued and decided when the case was before this court at a former stage. 109 Mass. 79. The offer of evidence fell short of showing any fraud practised on third persons or any illegal contract between the plaintiffs and defendant, and amounted to no more than an attempt of the defendant to control the effect of her formal agreement in writing by oral testimony of previous negotiations.

¶2Exceptions overruled.