Slease v. Naysmith

Citations

• 14 Pa. Super. 134
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 26

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Declarations and acts of agent not evidence of agency.</p> <p>Where the plaintiff relies upon the naked fact that the agent of defendant did make a contract, the authority to bind the principal cannot be proved by the declarations of the alleged agent, nor by his acts done without the knowledge or authority of the principal.</p> <p>Agency — Burden of proof to establish.</p> <p>The burden being upon the plaintiff to establish by evidence the authority of the agent to bind his principal, and no evidence whatever which is recognized by law as tending to establish that fact being offered, the submission of the question of agency to the jury was clearly erroneous.</p>