LONG v. MORRIS

No. 7932.

128 F.2d 653 (1942)

LONG v. MORRIS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1942.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin D. Steel, Jr., of Wilmington, Del., and Charles J. Hepburn, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Philip R. Hepburn, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Walter Biddle Saul, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Otto Kraus, Jr., and Saul, Ewing, Remick & Harrison, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARIS, JONES, and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This case was tried and disposed of below upon the assumption that the rights of the parties to the suit were to be governed according to the law of Pennsylvania. The suit was in a federal court (sitting in Pennsylvania) whose jurisdiction rested upon diversity of citizenship. The law (parol evidence rule) pertinent to the establishment of the contract in suit relates to matter of substance. 3 Beale, Conflict of Laws (1935) § 599.1. The rule of Erie...

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