Beeber v. Papst

Citations

• 5 Sadler 208
• 7 A. 748

Syllabus

<p>Forgery is not susceptible of ratification.</p> <p>The acceptance of a policy of insurance containing a recital that the insured has become a member of the company, by depositing, in addition to 'the cash premium paid, a certain described premium note, subject to assessment by the directors of the company, does not, in an action on the note to recover an assessment, estop the insured to assert that the note was forged.</p> <p>Note. — There can be no ratification of a forged instrument. Shisler v. Vandike', 92 Pa. 447, 37 Am. Rep. 702; McHugh v. Schuylkill County, 67 Pa. 391, 5 Am. Rep. 445. The second trial of the former case is reported in 16 Phila. 4.</p>