Southern Paper Box Co. v. Houston

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

Appellee, a Little Rock attorney, filed suit against appellant to recover an $85,979.85 fee alleged to be due him. Appellant did not file an answer to the complaint but its president, Raymond Cardwell, contacted appel-lee’s attorney, made a payment of $21,544.89 on the account, and agreed that the company would pay $5,000.00 each week until the account was paid. Only one weekly payment was made and when several weeks passed without further payments, appellee’s attorney notified appellant in writing of his intention to take a default judgment. Appellant then contacted…