Williams v. Caruso Enterprises, Inc.

Plaintiff instituted this action to recover money paid by him on account of the purchase price of an automobile under a conditional sales contract which it is alleged did not conform to the requirements of Civil Code, section 2982. Defendants’ answer to plaintiff’s complaint, in addition to a denial of the material allegations thereof, set up a counterclaim or offset for the reasonable value of the use of the automobile while in the possession of the plaintiff, which was alleged to be $7.00 per day or the total sum of $2,030. Upon the trial it was stipulated that the reasonable rental value…