Baker Silver Mining Co. v. Steininger

Decided March 21, 1882

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1882-03-21

No. 178, January Term, 1880. The Charge of the Court was as follows per Gentlemen oe the Jury: — This action is brought by John Weist, Treasurer of the Baker Silver Mining Co. against George Steininger to recover the sum of $200 on the following note : Allentown, Pa., February 10, 1874. “On the 1st day of January next ensuing the date hereof, “I promise to pay John Weist, Treasurer of the Baker Silver “Mining Company, or order, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, with interest…

Relies on Mundorff v. Wickersham

Decided 1882-03-21

¶1The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Common Pleas on March 21st, 1882, in the following opinion :

Per Curiam :

¶2If the old note was given up and the note in suit given and accepted, whatever was the agreement or condition upon which the new note was given was binding upon the plaintiff. It was an unequivocal affirmation of the contract, and he cannot now contravene the authority of his attorney to make such a contract; Mundorff vs. Wickersham, 63 Pa. 87, is a case directly in point.

¶3Judgment Affirmed.