Raff v. Isman

Citations

• 235 Pa. 347
• 84 A. 352
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 548

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Personal liability of agent — Unregistered foreign corporation — Building contract.</p> <p>1. Where a citizen of this state signs a building contract “as agent for” a named company with knowledge that such company is an unregistered foreign corporation without authority to do business in this state, and the contractor has no such knowledge, the agent will be personally liable on the contract.</p> <p>Contract — Building contract — Extra work — Architect.</p> <p>2. Where a building contract provides that no alterations shall be made except upon the written order of the architects with the amount to be paid stated, and the architects in giving a written order for extra work, instead of stating the amount to be paid for it, merely direct the contractor “to keep an account of the cost of it,” the owner will be held to have waived the provision of the contract, if it appears that after the architects had approved the contractor’s bill, which included the extras, and given him a final certificate, the owner paid large sums on account thereof without objection.</p>