Corona Coal & Iron Co. v. Copeland & Son

The Corona Coal and Iron Company sued J. T. Copeland & Son on account, in a justice’s court, for $63.75. The suit was for coal sold to the defendants at $1.50 per ton. The plaintiff proved that the account was presented to the defendants a short while before suit was entered, and that payment was refused on the ground that the coal was not worth over $1 per ton. The admission that the coal was worth that sum was made by one of the defendants. The date of the account was July 23, 1907. The plaintiff introduced the original letter written to the defendants on August 8, 1907, as follows: “We are…