Electrelle Co. v. Maguire

This is an action for rent of an electrical piano player, payable in advance at the rate of $25 a month for the twenty-three months beginning December 1, 1908, and ending October 1, 1910. The plaintiff credited the defendant with payments made during this period amounting to $242.85, making the net balance due (disregarding interest) $332.15.

*551The action came on to be tried in February, 1912, before a single judge* sitting without a jury. At the trial the plaintiff put in evidence the record in a suit of equitable, replevin brought by the same plaintiff against the same defendant some five…