Charles Weaver Co., Inc. v. Phares

In this case the appellee, H. L. Phares, sued the appellant, Charles Weaver & Company, Inc., a corporation, for the sum of $783.04, alleged to be due him for work upon a PWS Project, 41. B, in Wilkinson county, under a contract arrangement between Phares and the appellant, who was engaged in the road contracting business. The defendant first sought to secure a continuance of the case, because of the absence of Charles Weaver, principal stockholder and manager of Charles Weaver & Company, Inc., setting forth in an affidavit by one of its attorneys that the affiant expected to prove by Charles…