Wyss-Thalman v. Beaver Valley Brewing Co.

Citations

• 219 Pa. 189
• 68 A. 187
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 635

Syllabus

<p>Corporation — Minutes—Proof of minutes — Evidence.</p> <p>Ordinarily tlie minutes of a corporation are proven by the identification of the minute book by the secretary of the company at the time of the trial, but where it is shown that the book was never in the possession of the person who was secretary at the time of the trial and an explanation is given as to why the book was not brought into court in the regular way, the book may be admitted in evidence with proper cautionary instructions to the jury in relation to it.</p> <p>Corporations — Minutes—Meetings—Contract.</p> <p>Where a person relying upon the minutes of a corporation enters into a contract with the company, and renders services and makes expenditures under the contract, the company cannot relieve itself from liability because the meeting of the directors at which the resolution was passed had not been legally called, if it appears that the party making the contract had no knowledge of the illegality of the meeting.</p>