Gulf Refining Co. v. Nelson

Plaintiff in error sued defendant in error in the county court of Dallas county for a balance alleged to be due upon open account amounting to $316.85. The account was duly and properly itemized and verified so as to be introduced as evi- deuce for the purposes and to the effect authorized by article 3712, Sayles’ Rev. Oiv. Stats. But defendant in error timely filed a countervailing verified pleading in compliance with the provisions of the above article to the effect that the account sued upon was “unjust and untrue, and that he did not owe plaintiff any sum whatever.” The effect of this…