Danerzac v. Rudolph Wurlitzer & Bro.
Danerzac v. Rudolph Wurlitzer & Bro.
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The writing evidencing the agreement between the appellee and Mrs. Highbee shows a renting and not a sale of the piano. The latter had the right to purchase but no sale was consummated, and the quarterly installments to be paid is expressly stated to have been for the mere use of the instrument, and no such exorbitant price paid as manifested any other intention.
In the- case of Green v. Martin the price of the piano was $500, and one month’s rent $400 and that sum actually paid. That it was a sale was manifest from the writing itself, although the parties termed it a renting, while in the case before us no such conclusion can be drawn from the contract. It was a renting with the privilege
Judgment affirmed.
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