Palmer v. General Flooring & Mfg. Co.

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 598
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 485

Syllabus

<p>Practice — Municipal Court of Philadelphia County — Trial without jury — Judgment n. o. v.</p> <p>In a case tried in the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County without a jury where no written point for binding instructions is presented at the trial, a party will not he entitled to judgment in his favor n. o. v. under the Act of April 22, 1905, P. L. 286.</p> <p>In such a case where the defendant, a corporation, denies corporate liability for a debt, and alleges the individual liability of the president of the company for the debt, a finding of the trial judge in favor of the plaintiff will not be reversed in the absence of abuse of discretion, where the ease depends upon oral evidence, and involves the credibility of witnesses and inferences to be drawn from their testimony.</p> <p>C orp oration — Contract—Ratification.</p> <p>A corporation, like a natural person, may ratify, affirm, and validate any contract made, or act done in its behalf which it was capable of making or doing in the first instance. Formal action by its board of directors is necessary only, where it would be necessary to a similar original contract.</p>