Crusader Oil Producing Co. v. Davis

BRUNOT,- J.

This is a suit for the recovery of $93,465.04 alleged to be due by the defendant to the plaintiff corporation for cash advanced by plaintiff to him, as appears by an itemized account of the indebtedness, made by an employee of Barrow, Wade, Guthrie & Co., certified public accountants of New York, which is annexed to and made part of the petition. The petition does not allege fraud, error, or duress.

■ The defendant being a nonresident, an attachment issued, and a curator was appointed to represent the absentee. The curator filed an answer to the suit, which was, in effect, a general…