Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Jacobs

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• promoter's liability relieved if corporation forms, adopts the preincorporation contract, and commences performance on it
• promoter’s liability relieved if corporation forms, adopts the preincorporation contract, and commences performance on it
• parties, in agreement, applied Ohio waiver law to contract with Pennsylvania choice of law provision
• “The intentions of the parties that Jacob Industries, and not James Jacobs himself, be responsible for and liable on the contract is abundantly clear and carries over to the modification.”
• “The intentions of the parties that Jacob Industries, and not James Jacobs himself, be responsible for and liable on the contract is abundantly clear and carries over to the modification.”
• “The intentions of the parties that Jacob Industries, and not James Jacobs himself, be responsible for and liable on the contract is abundantly clear and carries over to the modification.”

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