Govenius Bros. v. Reagor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an action for the balance claimed to be due on account for merchandise sold and delivered. Plaintiffs are merchants, dealing in builders’ hardware, heating plants, etc. Defendants are contractors, and for many of their contract jobs bought material from plaintiffs. The account as set out contained a statement of the sums claimed to be due on the separate jobs extending over a period of about three years. Payments had been made from time to time. Many of the items are small. The pleadings disclosed that there was no controversy…