United States Hoffman MacHinery Corp. v. Carlson

This is an action in equity to recover the balance due on and to foreclose a conditional sales contract. Neither the contract nor the amount of the unpaid balance thereon is in dispute. Defendant relied on rescission and counterclaimed for damages.

Plaintiff is a manufacturer and vendor of dry cleaning machinery and equipment. Defendant operates a dry cleaning business. Sometime in 1953 defendant, through literature and trade journals, became interested in equipment manufactured and sold by plaintiff. Defendant contacted plaintiff. Defendant received brochures and a personal call from…