Todd

Plaintiff sued to recover $521, the balance of the purchase price of certain Kelvinator refrigerator equipment sold by plaintiff to defendant Katherine B. Todd under a contract of conditional sale providing for monthly payments. The total purchase price was $572, and a down payment of $51 was made, leaving $521 claimed to be due.

The plaintiff Hot-N-Kold Corporation was engaged in the sale and distribution of Kelvinator refrigeration equipment— not, however, in the manufacture thereof. The defendant Katherine B. Todd conducted a delicatessen business in the city of Alameda under the name and style of Mastic Bakery and Delicatessen. On August 30, 1928, defendant Katherine B. Todd, the proprietor of that business, executed a written order addressed to plaintiff whereby she ordered certain Kelvinator refrigeration equipment and certain display cases to be placed in her bakery and delicatessen store for the purpose of keeping delicatessen supplies and other goods in a fresh and salable condition. She paid in cash at that time the sum of $75 and agreed to pay the balance in twenty-four equal monthly installments of $25.28, including finance charges; the total amount payable under this…