Wilson Sporting Goods Co. v. Alwes

Claiming that defendant was indebted to it in the sum of $364.36 on an open account, the plaintiff corporation brought suit to obtain judgment for the amount alleged to be due. Plaintiff attached to its petition what it alleged is a written acknowledgment of the indebtedness signed by the defendant. An exception of no right or cause of action filed by the defendant was overruled. Defendant then filed his answer denying the indebtedness and claiming by reconvention, the sum of $450 as damages allegedly suffered by him as the result of plaintiff's suit. Defendant in his answer prayed for a…