Gilpin v. Swainsboro Ice Fuel Co. Inc.

This was a suit brought by Swainsboro Ice and Fuel Co. Inc. against J. F. Gilpin on an open account for $261.35. The defendant filed an answer denying the indebtedness. The evidence tended to show that the plaintiff had held an account against J. F. Gilpin and Son, a partnership composed of the defendant and his son, in the sum of $1312.57, in addition to the account against J. F. Gilpin individually which was sued on in this case. It also appeared that the plaintiff had recorded a materialman’s lien against J. F. Gilpin and Son on certain real estate, with a house thereon built by the…