F. Strauss & Sons, Inc. v. Economy Cash Grocery

This is an ordinary suit on open account. Plaintiff is a wholesale dealer in fruit and produce, and defendant, as its name implies, is a.retail dealer in groceries. To its petition the plaintiff attaches a statement of the account totaling the sum of $503.13, which tallies with the amount sued for in the body of the petition. The account was made out in due form on one of plaintiff’s regular bill-heads. It consists of a list of charges showing the dates and amounts of each separate day’s sales. The specific items making up the several separate amounts are not shown.

The petition is sworn to by…