Supreme Court of Pennsylvania January 15, 1877 (Lippincott v. Whitman)

Mr. Justice Paxson

delivered the opinion of the court, January 15th 1877.

The rule is well settled in Pennsylvania that where equity would reform or set aside a written instrument on the ground of fraud, accident or mistake, parol evidence is admissible to contradict or vary the terms of the agreement as written: Christ v. Diffenbach, 1 S. & R. 464 ; Iddings v. Iddings, 7 Id. 111; Miller v.