Robinson v. Wallace

Citations

• 65 Pa. Super. 54
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 17

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Undisclosed principal — Contract. -</p> <p>Where a person contracts for goods in his individual capacity without disclosing that he was acting for any other person, and the seller does not know and has no reason to believe that the person with whom he is dealing represented an undisclosed principal, the purchaser will be bound individually, and subsequent disclosure that he was acting as an agent will not relieve him from liability.</p> <p>Courts — Municipal Court of Philadelphia — Trial without jury— Appeals — Review.</p> <p>Where a case is tried by the Municipal Court of Philadelphia without a jury, and the plaintiff’s case depends upon oral testimony, and no requests are presented for findings of fact or conclusions of law, a general finding for the defendant, if it is responsive to the issue presented by the pleadings has the force of the general verdict of a jury; and if the court subsequently makes an order dismissing plaintiff’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto, the appellate court will not reverse such order in the absence of anything in the record to show that the finding of the trial judge was capricious.</p>