Allegheny County Light Co. v. Thoma

Citations

• 31 Pa. Super. 102
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 165

Syllabus

<p>Account render — Evidence—Mistake—Electric light company.</p> <p>Where a customer of an electric light company has received monthly bills, which, through the gross mistake of a clerk, were much less in amount than the contract called for, and has paid such bills, he cannot set up such bills as an account stated in an action against him to recover the difference between the amount of the bills an,d the amount due under the contract.</p> <p>An account stated may be opened or falsified on proof of mistake. Such an account is only prima facie evidence of its correctness and may be impeached by clear, precise and satisfactory evidence either of unfairness or mistake.</p>