Gaertner v. Heyl

Citations

• 179 Pa. 391
• 36 A. 146
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 652

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Alteration of lease — Forgery — Malicious prosecution-— Probable cause.</p> <p>Forgery is the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of the right of another, and it is not committed where A signs a lease to B and sends it by his agent to get B’s signature, and B makes alteration in it before he signs it and returns it to the landlord’s agent. Even if the alterations be made to mislead A’s agent, it will not afford A who refuses to agree to the changes and insists on the original form of lease, probable cause to prosecute B for forgery.</p>