Hartis v. Century Furniture Industries, Inc.

OPINION

EVA M. GUZMAN, Justice.

Appellant Eugene Morris Hartis, Jr. sold furniture on consignment for appellee, Century Furniture Industries, Inc. After Hartis repeatedly failed to remit payment to Century, the parties agreed that Century would pick up its consigned furniture and also furniture manufactured by third parties from Hartis’s Houston warehouses and credit the value of the furniture to Hartis’s outstanding indebtedness. After retrieving and reselling the furniture, Century brought suit on a sworn account, alleging that, after applying the credit to Hartis’s account, an outstanding…