Philadelphia Motor Speedway Ass'n v. Murphy

Citations

• 71 Pa. Super. 451
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 136

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — Contracts—Stoch subscriptions — Representations —Evidence.</p> <p>Where a person signs an agreement, to pay a specified amount, for a life-membership in an association, which contains a provision that “There is no understanding or agreement between myself and the association except as provided herein,” he cannot, in an action against him for a balance due on his contract, allege that fraudulent misrepresentations were made to him, to the effect that the work on a speedway had been started, if he does not show that such misrepresentations were made by an officer or agent of the association.</p> <p>An offer to prove such representations is inadmissible where there is no connection established between the person making the statements and the plaintiff corporation.</p>