Moffit v. White Sewing Machine Co.

The plaintiff was assaulted by defend*497ant Barnhilse, a collector for defendant, the White Sewing Machine Company. The trouble arose during one of the visits of Barnhilse at plaintiff’s home to collect installments due on a contract, of purchase of a sewing machine by. plaintiff from the defendant company. One Geldhof was the company’s manager for the district in which Barnhilse was employed and in which plaintiff resided. Both manager and collector, after several efforts, had not succeeded in collecting past due installments from plaintiff, due, as plaintiff claims, to the fact that he was…