Legal Opinion
Collins v. Tracy Grill & Bar Corp.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 14, 1940No. Appeal, 121PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
Judgment was entered by confession upon a warrant of attorney, in the usual form, contained in a note for $450 purporting to have been given to plaintiff by defendant corporation. The note was executed thus:
“Witness our hand and seal
Tracy Grill & Bar Corp. (Seal)
L. IT. Kinder (Seal)
Pres. & Treas.”
On defendant’s motion to strike off, the lower court concluded that the judgment was fatally defective on its face in that the seal of the corporation was not affixed and because the authority of Kinder to bind the corporation does not appear; accordingly the judgment was stricken…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Harr, SEC. of Bk. v. BernheimerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Lorah ex rel. Evans v. NissleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Appeal of HackerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Swaney v. Georges Township Road DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Snyder Bros. v. BaileyIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Klein v. ReidSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Township of Indiana v. Acquisitions & Mergers, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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