Langer v. Superior Steel Corp. case brief summary
318 Pa. 490; 178 A. 490; 1935 Pa. LEXIS 600
SYNOPSIS:
Appellant employer sought review of a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County (Pennsylvania), which was entered in favor of appellee employee in his action of assumpsit for breach of an alleged contract.
OVERVIEW: The employee brought an action against the employer for breach of an alleged contract. Judgment was entered in favor of the employee, and the employer appealed, denying that the transaction at issue resulted in a contract.
HOLDING:
Upon review, the court reversed the judgment and entered judgment in favor of the employer. The court held that the employee's case failed for want of sufficient evidence that the president of the corporation had the authority to bind the employer to pay the sum of $ 100 per month as long as the employee should live.
ANALYSIS:
-The duty assigned to the president by the board of directors was to notify the employee of the action to pay $ 100 a month until further action of the board.
-To agree to pay a pensioned employee for life was not within the employer's by-laws.
-Moreover, the court held that there was is no evidence that the employer proposed to do anything more than to pay to the employee the sum of $ 100 a month until further action of the board.
OUTCOME: The court reversed the judgment and entered judgment in favor of the employer.
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318 Pa. 490; 178 A. 490; 1935 Pa. LEXIS 600
SYNOPSIS:
Appellant employer sought review of a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County (Pennsylvania), which was entered in favor of appellee employee in his action of assumpsit for breach of an alleged contract.
OVERVIEW: The employee brought an action against the employer for breach of an alleged contract. Judgment was entered in favor of the employee, and the employer appealed, denying that the transaction at issue resulted in a contract.
HOLDING:
Upon review, the court reversed the judgment and entered judgment in favor of the employer. The court held that the employee's case failed for want of sufficient evidence that the president of the corporation had the authority to bind the employer to pay the sum of $ 100 per month as long as the employee should live.
ANALYSIS:
-The duty assigned to the president by the board of directors was to notify the employee of the action to pay $ 100 a month until further action of the board.
-To agree to pay a pensioned employee for life was not within the employer's by-laws.
-Moreover, the court held that there was is no evidence that the employer proposed to do anything more than to pay to the employee the sum of $ 100 a month until further action of the board.
OUTCOME: The court reversed the judgment and entered judgment in favor of the employer.
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