Tri-Continental Leasing Corp. v. Stevens, Stevens & Thomas, P.A.

Bell, Judge:

This is an action for breach of contract. The law firm of Stevens, Stevens & Thomas, wishing to replace its existing office copying machine with a new model, entered negotiations with MacDonald Company to obtain a Canon NP 5000 copier. As Stevens did not want to purchase the machine outright, the parties agreed to a lease-purchase financing. Under this arrangement, Stevens selected a copier from MacDonald. A third party, Summit Leasing and Capital Corporation, then executed a lease-purchase contract with Stevens which required Summit to purchase the copier from MacDonald at an…