American Law Book Co. v. Later

256 P. 371, 44 Idaho 290, 1927 Ida. LEXIS 87

• Court: Idaho Supreme Court
• Decided: May 14, 1927
• Docket: No. 4666.
• Status: Published

Opinion

GIVENS, J.

Upon breach, by the purchaser, of a title-retaining contract of sale providing for instalment payments, prefaced by the agreement: “which I agree to take and to pay for as follows:” with the further agreement in case of default to return the property, the seller has two remedies; the collection of the remainder of the purchase price, or, second, the retaking of the property. (Pease v. Teller Corp., 22 Ida. 807, 128 Pac. 981; Thienes v. Francis, 69 Or. 171, 134 Pac. 1195, 138 Pac. 845; Manganese Steel Safe Co. v. First Nat. Bank, 25 S. D. 119, 125 N. W. 572; Sioux Falls Adjustment Co. v. Aikens, 32 S. D. 154, 142 N. W. 651; Mortensen Woodworking Co. v. Raabe, 171 N. Y. Supp. 128. See, also, Arthur E. Guth Piano Co. v. Adams, 114 Me. 390, 96 Atl. 722.) The appellant plead and made a prima facie case undér the first alternative remedy and the trial court therefore erroneously entered a nonsuit in favor of the purchaser.

The judgment is ordered reversed and the cause remanded. Costs awarded to appellant.

Taylor and T. Bailey Lee, JJ., concur.