BURKE v. DULANEY

No. 326.

153 U.S. 228 (1894)

BURKE v. DULANEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.B. Heyburn, for appellant, submitted on his brief.

Mr. Leigh Robinson for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The general rule that a written contract cannot be contradicted or varied by evidence of an oral agreement between the parties before or at the time of such contract, has been often recognized and applied by this court, especially in cases in which it was sought to deprive bona fide holders of or parties to negotiable securities of the...

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