Gibson v. Snow Hardware Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa. Tried before the Hon. Sam. H. Sprott. This action was brought by the J. Snow Hardware Company, a private corporation, against Mrs. F. L. Brady Gibson, and was commenced on the 18th March, 1889. The complaint contained three counts' — on account, on account stated, and for goods and chattels sold and delivered — each claiming $750. The only plea was the general issue.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa. Tried before the Hon. Sam. H. Sprott. This action was brought by the J. Snow Hardware Company, a private corporation, against Mrs. F. L. Brady Gibson, and was commenced on the 18th March, 1889. The complaint contained three counts' — on account, on account stated, and for goods and chattels sold and delivered — each claiming $750. The only plea was the general issue. The plaintiffs account, as offered in evidence on ¡he trial, specified the various articles sold and delivered, with date of delivery between December 6, 188S, and March 3, 1889,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
— This action is prosecuted by the J. Snow Hardware Company against Mrs. Gibson, for the price or value of materials alleged to have been supplied to her, to be used, and which were used, in the construction of an opera-house in the city of Tuskaloosa. Several witnesses testified that the items of the account were all used in the erection of the house, while one witness for the defendant, John Brady, who was the architect and superintended the erection, deposed that “the *349account [sued on] is. not correct, as there are several overcharges and charges for material that never went into the…
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