Crystal Amusement Corp. v. Northrop

The plaintiff has brought this action to recover of the defendant the contract price of a “free play” pinball machine sold and delivered to the latter on August 24,1953, in the agreed amount of $448.05. The defendant concedes the sale to him of the machine in question but resists payment on the ground that the state’s attorney for Fairfield County has given an opinion that the use of such a machine is violative of law. Hence the defendant takes the position that the use of the machine by customers in his store would subject him to arrest and prosecution. He seeks exoneration from payment on…