Michael Stuart Dawkins v. Sears Roebuck and Company

This appeal arises from a dispute regarding a Sears Roebuck and Company (“Sears”) charge account in the name of the Appellant, Michael Stuart Dawkins (“Dawkins”), and actions taken by Sears when that account was in default. The district court dismissed all of Dawkins’s claims by summary judgment. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Sears sent Dawkins billing statements on the account for charges allegedly incurred by Dawkins’s now ex-wife Jacquelinn Hawkins (“Hawkins”). Dawkins asserts that he is not liable for these charges, contending that Hawkins added Dawkins’s name to her preexisting Sears charge…