Universal Lightning Rod, Inc. v. Rischall Electric

This is an action, brought against the defendant Harold M. Rischall, seeking to hold him personally liable on a promissory note, in the amount of $590, which is dated April 9, 1962. The question presented is whether he is liable personally on the note. He signed the note in manner and form as follows: "Rischall Electric Co., Inc., [and under this designation] Harold M. Rischall."

The Rischall Electric Company, Inc., was a corporation which had been in business for more than twenty years. In the course of its business, certain lightning rods were ordered from the plaintiff in order to fill a…