National Cash Register Co. v. Shurber
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, April T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Dee. T., 1907, No. 148, on verdict for plaintiff in case of National Cash Register Company v. George Shurber. Replevin to recover a cash register. Before Patton, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The court was right in its construction of the writing under which the chattel in dispute was delivered to Vergos and Kyramis. It contained all the essentials of a contract of bailment, and went beyond the indispensable essentials in including the express agreement of the bailees to surrender the chattel to the bailor in good condition at the expiration of the lease, which was for seven months at a stipulated rent. Upon principle, and according to the doctrine of numerous cases, the facts that the bailees, as stipulated in the writing, deposited $15.00 as partial…
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