Bolz v. Stuhl

Citations

• 4 Pa. Super. 52
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 81

Syllabus

<p>Contract of suretyship — Fraud—Failure to disclose material conditions.</p> <p>The concealment of a material fact will vitiate a contract of suretyship. When a contract of suretyship is entered into the surety is entitled to know all the material facts concerning it, and if the person for whose benefit the suretyship is contracted conceals any material fact of importance in the determination of the surety to undertake the contract such concealment is a fraud upon the surety and will vitiate the contract.</p>