Brimmer

Tri-City Credit Bureau v. Brimmer

Good Law
182 Cal. App. 2d 321·1960 Cal. App. LEXIS 2110·6 Cal. Rptr. 107
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 30, 1960Civ. No. 18990California1,280 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Duniway, J.

Appeal by J. C. Lynch, doing business as Tri-City Credit Bureau (“Tri-City”), plaintiff below, and by Gateway Chevrolet Company, a corporation (“Gateway”), cross-defendant below, from a judgment in favor of respondent Bose T. Brimmer (“Brimmer”). The action was brought in the municipal court by Tri-City, as assignee of Gateway, against Brimmer. The complaint pleads, according to its legal effect, and not in haec verba, a written agreement dated June 12, 1957. This agreement is alleged to be a conditional sale agreement between Gateway as seller and Brimmer as purchaser of a Chevrolet car. The balance due is alleged to be $2,612.64, plus repossession costs of $381.52. It is stated that the car was sold for $2,075, leaving a net balance of $919.16. At the trial it appeared that the balance is $898.41.

Brimmer answered, denying that she made the pleaded contract of June 12, 1957, but alleging that on June 11, 1957, she entered into a conditional sale contract with Gateway, and denying any indebtedness. By way of cross-complaint against Gateway, she alleged that the June 11, 1957, agreement was a conditional sale contract, but that it did not state the amount of the time price…

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