Medoff v. Fisher

Citations

• 257 Pa. 126
• 101 A. 471
• 1917 Pa. LEXIS 691

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Building contracts — Contracts in violation of law— Recovery — Architects—Act of June 9,1911, P. L. 71f6.</p> <p>1. One holding himself out as an architect is particularly charged with knowledge of the statutory regulations and restrictions governing the erection and use of buildings.</p> <p>2. Where in an action by an architect for professional services rendered in the preparation of plans and specifications for the erection of a building in pursuance of a contract with defendant it appeared from plaintiff’s evidence that the building contemplated was to contain a motion picture theatre, baths, stores and dwellings, and would he in violation of the Act of June 9, 1911, P. L. 746, regulating the construction, maintenance and inspection of buildings used for the exhibition of moving pictures, the plaintiff’s case showed an unlawful combination with defendant to do a forbidden thing and the court should have directed a verdict for defendant.</p>