Philadelphia v. Ray

Citations

• 266 Pa. 345
• 109 A. 689
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 570

Syllabus

<p>Principal and surety — Corporation acting as surety for profit — Change in contract — Defense.</p> <p>1. A corporation engaged in the business of suretyship for profit, can not successfully defend merely because of a change in the contract insured; it must prove the change was material and prejudicial.</p> <p>Practice, C. P. — Trial—Parol evidence — Credibility of witness for jury.</p> <p>2. Where the evidence is in parol, and the parties do not agree otherwise, the credibility of the witnesses must be submitted to the jury.</p> <p>Practice, Supreme Court — Statement of questions involved — Assignments of error — Exceptions—Quoting record.</p> <p>3. The only matters reviewable by the Supreme Court are those referred to in the statement of questions involved.</p> <p>4. Assignments of error to portions of the charge which are not supported by exceptions, will be overruled.</p> <p>5. Assignments of error specifying alleged error without quoting the record, will be overruled.</p>