Outcault Advertising Co. v. Ritchey
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 92, April T., 1916, by plaintiff from, judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Aug. T., 1913, No. 19, on verdict for defendant in case of Outcault Advertising Company v. Claude C. Ritchey and Frank H. Bower, doing business in the name of Ritchey & Bowers. Assumpsit for goods sold. Before Criswell, P. J. , The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed.
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Appeal, No. 92, April T., 1916, by plaintiff from, judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Aug. T., 1913, No. 19, on verdict for defendant in case of Outcault Advertising Company v. Claude C. Ritchey and Frank H. Bower, doing business in the name of Ritchey & Bowers. Assumpsit for goods sold. Before Criswell, P. J. , The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was in refusing to give binding instructions for plaintiffs. cited: Scientific American Company Dept. v. Creighton, 32 Pa. Superior Ct. 140; Suffolk Peanut…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
This'was an action of assumpsit to recover for advertising matter furnished to the defendants by the plaintiff *599under a written contract dated March 1, 1910. It appears that plaintiff’s agent, one Sexton, induced the defendants to sign the contract sued on by offering to ship the advertising matter subject to approval with the right to return within a reasonable time. The defendants were induced to sign an absolute order and it appears that there was printed vertically on the left hand margin of the paper in small type the following: “Salesmen aré not authorized to alter…
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