Crelier v. Mackey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 204, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., First T., 1911, No. 113, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles F. Crelier v. Thomas R. Mackey. Assumpsit on written contract. Before Evans, J The contract was as follows: “Thomas R. Mackey Baking Company. “Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 23d, 1905. “An agreement between Chas.
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Appeal, No. 204, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., First T., 1911, No. 113, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles F. Crelier v. Thomas R. Mackey. Assumpsit on written contract. Before Evans, J The contract was as follows: “Thomas R. Mackey Baking Company. “Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 23d, 1905. “An agreement between Chas. F. Crelier and Thomas R. Mackey, President of the Thomas R. Mackey Baking Co., in consideration of getting the dividends on $10,000 worth of Common stock when dividends are declared, and a salary of $200 per month. “I hereby bind myself to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
Though the agreement in this case was written on a letterhead of the Thomas R. Mackey Baking Company, and Thomas R. Mackey, the appellant, is therein described as president of that company, it is not a contract between the said company and the appellee, nor is there anything in it showing an intention of the parties to it that Crelier, the appellee, should look to the company for payment of the sum for which he sues. Mackey, as an individual, agreed, without condition, in a separate clause of the contract, that he would pay the appellee $1,400 five years from…
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