Court Opinion

ID: 6278940
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-18 16:09:47.537713+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:00:08.802234
License: Public Domain

Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The petition to open the judgment set forth an error in the copy of the lease on which the judgment was founded and the violation of an oral agreement alleged to have been made at the time the contract was signed according to which as is alleged the plaintiff agreed to keep the instrument leased to the defendant in repair. By agreement of counsel it was stipulated that no question would be raised in the appeal except the variance between the copy of the contract filed and the original agreement. This variance consisted in the entry in the copy filed of a clause wherein the bailee agreed to pay the bailor either before or after repossessing the instrument such rental as shall be in arrears and unpaid at the time of such repossessing. This provision related entirely to the taking back of the instrument by the lessor and has no relation to the question here involved. The lessor is not asserting his right to recover the instrument but is affirming the contract by seeking to collect the money due thereon. The mistake is a subject of amendment and is not a foundation on which to support an application to open the judgment.
The order is affirmed and the appeal dismissed at the cost of the appellant.