Copeland v. Hunt

OPINION

NYE, Justice.

This is a suit on a sworn account tried before the court without the intervention of a jury. The plaintiffs sued the Harbor Company, Inc. and G. W. Hunt, Jr. The corporation filed no answer and plaintiffs took a default judgment against the corporation after the court granted a severance of their suit against G. W. Hunt, Jr., the other defendant. Hunt had filed an un-sworn general denial. When the case was called for trial all parties announced ready. At the conclusion of the trial and after all of the evidence was in, the trial court rendered judgment for defendant Hunt.…