General Electric Credit Corp. v. Timbrook

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Donna June Timbrook purchased a mobile home from Winchester Mobile Home Sales, Inc., a Virginia corporation, on September 10, 1974, and her contract was assigned to General Electric Credit Corporation. 1 In 1979, Ms. Timbrook became delinquent in her payments. She contacted West Virginia Legal Services Plan, Inc., which wrote several letters to Winchester trying to arrange an agreeable payment schedule; but in April, 1980, Winchester sued in Mineral County Circuit Court for judgment' for her indebtedness. Timbrook answered, counterclaimed and raised a bona fide defense.

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