Gilpin Brokerage Co. v. Northwest Acceptance Corp.

BRADLEY, Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment.

Gilpin Brokerage Company, Inc. (Gilpin), an Alabama corporation, leased a photocopier from Allstate Business Systems, Inc. (Allstate), a Georgia corporation. Allstate assigned the lease, without recourse, to Northwest Acceptance Corporation (Northwest), an Oregon corporation.

Thereafter, Gilpin experienced problems with the photocopier. After Allstate’s repair attempts failed to satisfy Gilpin, Gilpin ceased making payments to Northwest. On November 4, 1983 Northwest filed a complaint against Gilpin in the Circuit Court of Multnomah County,…