Northwest Collectors, Inc. v. Gerritsen

This action was instituted by the assignee of a lessor of personal property to recover rental payments due upon an alleged breach by the lessee of a written lease agreement. The primary matter involved on appeal is the lessee’s affirmative defense and cross complaint which related to his attempted cancellation of the lease on grounds that the rental property was not fit for the purpose intended, and that it was not repaired as warranted.

The lessee, Howard Gerritsen, is a grocer who operates three markets in the Yakima area. In 1963, he became interested in procuring three ice vending…