# Vernon D. Cox & Co., Inc. v. Giles

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · June 29, 1979 · 267 Pa. Super. 411

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9761470

## Case

- **Full name:** VERNON D. COX & CO., INC. v. George E. GILES, Appellant
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** June 29, 1979
- **Citations:** 267 Pa. Super. 411; 406 A.2d 1107; 1979 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2517
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Hester
- **Judges:** Jacobs, President Judge, and Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Der Voort Spaeth and Hester
- **Cited by:** 27 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that it “is a basic tenet of agency law that an individual acting as an agent for a disclosed principle [sic] is not personally liable on a contract between the principle [sic] and a third party unless the agent specifically agrees to assume liability” and that “[t]he f…

## Opinion text

HESTER, Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent. I would affirm on the opinion of Judge Wesner of the court below.

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