Williams v. Lowenthal

This action was instituted by plaintiff to recover the balance alleged to be due from defendant on account of the sale by plaintiff's assignor to defendant of a musical instrument known as an orchestrope. Defendant was the proprietor of a restaurant in the city of Fresno. The orehestrope was an electrically operated phonograph equipped with fifty-six phonograph records. It was so arranged that it would operate upon the deposit of five-cent coins in a receptacle provided for them. The instrument was sold under a conditional sales contract whereby defendant agreed to pay therefor the sum of…