Legal Opinion

National Cash Register Co. v. Bonneville

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided September 29, 1903PublishedCited by 4 opinions

EbeoR to review a judgment of tbe circuit court for Taylor county: John K. Parish, Circuit Judge. Action of replevin for a cash register sold by plaintiff to •defendant at an agreed price of $200, upon which credit was allowed for the price of a former cash register, shipped to the defendant by the plaintiff at the request of one William Wer-der, the price whereof was supposed to have been sent by Werder to the plaintiff.

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EbeoR to review a judgment of tbe circuit court for Taylor county: John K. Parish, Circuit Judge. Action of replevin for a cash register sold by plaintiff to •defendant at an agreed price of $200, upon which credit was allowed for the price of a former cash register, shipped to the defendant by the plaintiff at the request of one William Wer-der, the price whereof was supposed to have been sent by Werder to the plaintiff. The balance of $135 was to be paid in certain specified instalments, and the title to remain in the plaintiff until completed payment. Such sum was paid, as •agreed.…

1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.

The principal contention is that there was no evidence that defendant had paid the price of the first machine, closely associated with which is the claim that the evidence offered to establish that fact was inadmissible. That evidence consisted in defendant’s own testimony that Werder, from whom he was purchasing goods and with whom he had an open account, ordered this machine to be sent to defendant *224and charged it in the open account; that thereafter defendant went on paying upon this open account, which was increased by subsequent purchases, and had paid largely in excess of all that was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Thompson v. BrennanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Share v. CoatsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Virginia-Tennessee Hardware Co. v. HodgesTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Peterson v. WingertsmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Schauer v. BodenheimerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912

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