Weschler v. Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co.

Citations

• 51 Pa. Super. 92
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 185

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Corporate contract — Signature of general manager — Ratification — Street railway companies.</p> <p>1. In an action against a street railway company to recover back a sum of money which the plaintiff had paid the defendant under an agreement in writing that the latter would build a specified extension of its line within a specified period, the plaintiff is entitled to recover the exact amount stated in the contract upon the company’s default.</p> <p>2. In such a case the company cannot defend on the ground that the contract was signed by the general manager and not by its president and secretary, attested by the seal of the company, where it appears that the general manager was acting within the scope of his authority, that the contract had been submitted for the approval •of the general officers, and that the money paid by the plaintiff passed into the treasury of the company.</p>