W. F. Frederick Piano Co. v. Landau

Citations

• 67 Pa. Super. 415
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 418

Syllabus

<p>Bailment — Lease of piano — Oral agreement — Affidavit of defense.</p> <p>Where a lease of a piano by a corporation provides that all the terms of the agreement are merged in the written instrument, that no agent of the bailor may make any change in'the written lease, and that the same must be approved by an officer of the company, the lessee in an action for the rental, cannot set up a parol contemporaneous agreement, varying the terms of the written agreement which had been approved by the treasurer of the plaintiff.</p> <p>In such a ease an affidavit of defense is insufficient which avers that certain officers and agents of the company made representations on which defendant relied, without naming the officers or agents, or showing their authority, or showing that the treasurer knew of the representations.</p>