Haines Commercial Equipment Co. v. Butler

This ease was filed as an action for the unpaid balance due under a contract of sale by plaintiff to defendant of an International combine harvester and for the conversion of a John Deere combine which had originally been the “trade in” on the purchase of the International combine. The owner, as an affirmative defense and cross-complaint, alleged that the sales contract had been rescinded by mutual agreement, with the International combine returned to plaintiff and the John Deere combine returned to the defendant, and asked for restoration of the status quo by judgment against plaintiff for…