Burgess v. Federated Credit Service, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Moore.

We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court where defendant in error was plaintiff and plaintiff in error was defendant.

Plaintiff is a Colorado corporation engaged in the business of collecting past due accounts. It is licensed as a collection agency pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. ’53, chapter 28.

One Jim Daugherty, a plumber, performed services and furnished material in repairing a damaged gasoline pump at the filling station operated by defendant. Daugherty’s claim against defendant was not paid although the latter received a check from…