Watson v. Beck

Citations

• 21 Pa. Super. 511
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 397

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Husband and wife — Ostensible ownership — Question for jury.</p> <p>In an action by a woman, the owner of a hotel, to recover for board where the defendant seeks to set off a debt due to him by plaintiff’s husband, the case is for the jury where the evidence shows that the plaintiff permitted her husband to act as her agent; that both were actively engaged about the hotel; that there was nothing to indicate an ownership in one more than the other; that the contract with defendant was made by the husband, and the defendant made no inquiry as to the ownership of the hotel.</p>