Arthur E. Guth Piano Co. v. Adams
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
The defendant hired and received of the plaintiff company a certain piano, known as the Kohler & Campbell, style K, agreeing to pay certain monthly instalments until the full sum of three hundred dollars had been paid.
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The defendant hired and received of the plaintiff company a certain piano, known as the Kohler & Campbell, style K, agreeing to pay certain monthly instalments until the full sum of three hundred dollars had been paid. Defendant signed a certain writing or contract, commonly called a lease, in which lease or writing it was agreed that the plaintiff company should not be holden for any agreements made with the salesmen of the plaintiff other than those specified in the contract or lease. Defendant did not meet any payments, offered to return the piano and rescind the contract, claiming that it…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Action of assumpsit to recover three instalments of fifteen dollars each, which the plaintiff claims to be due to it according to the terms of the following written contract:
“Bangor, Maine, Dec. 7, 1914.
I have this day hired and received of the Arthur E. Guth Piano Co., one Kohler & Campbell Piano Style K, No. 155,759 of the agreed value of $300.00 for which I agree to pay $15.00 Jan. 7, 1915 and $15.00 per month with interest.
It is understood and agreed that I neither claim, dispose of, nor can I acquire any title whatever to the above property, until said *392payments shall amount to the sum of…
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