67 Colo. 214 | Colo. | 1919
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Plaintiff in error-brought this action against defendant in error to recover a balance of $908.76 alleged to be due him under a written contract. From a judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendant this writ is brought. The question for our determination is a simple one and requires no citation of authority.
‘“Each and all of said payments to be made by her in her capacity as sole heir and next of kin of the said William Barth, deceased, to the end that she may be finally reimbursed out of and from the said estate in the final settlement thereof.
It is understood that the promises to pay money, as aforesaid, to said Brown and other creditors is conditioned upon said plan of settlement being hereafter duly accepted by said executors and all of said legatees, together with the due appointment of said executors and to be void if the said events do not occur.”
The successors of the executors were appointed January 10, 1916. Prior to that date however, and on December 15, 1915, another and different written contract (hereinafter designated “Exhibit A”) was entered into by plaintiff and
The complaint set up Exhibit 1 and the answer Exhibit A. The replication admitted the execution of Exhibit A but alleged that it was a mere assignment made in compliance with the terms of Exhibit 1, and that the money paid thereon had been accordingly credited by plaintiff on the indebtedness under Exhibit 1.
On December 'll, 1915, when Exhibit A was acknowledged, nothing was due the plaintiff under Exhibit 1. The language, tenor and effect of Exhibit A are -a direct denial of plaintiff’s contention that it was a mere assignment for the purpose of carrying out the terms of Exhibit 1. Exhibit A shows upon its face that, so far as the claim of plaintiff was concerned, it was an entirely different contract than Exhibit 1 and expressly intended to be a substitute therefor. Having admitted its execution plaintiff could not impeach it by parole, nor be permitted to prove that it was something other and different than, by its plain terms, it purported to be.
Considering the admissions of the replication, and admitting the truth of all matters well pleaded therein, and in the complaint, plaintiff had no cause of action, and no pleadings which could be so amended as to state one.
Garrigues, C. J. and Teller, J. concur.