Rolf v. Lewis

BOLIN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, representing themselves to be the assignees of Pelican Record Distributing Corporation, instituted this action against defendant to recover the sum of $453.59 alleged to be the unpaid balance due for the purchase of phonograph records. Defendant denied plaintiffs’ allegations and affirmatively alleged he had been doing business with Pelican for a number of years under a verbal agreement known in the record industry as an “automatic shipment” arrangement which assured defendant of having new record releases. It was further contended that under such an arrangement if…