Mergele v. Houston

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment whereby appellee recovered the sum of $4,661.81 from appellant in his suit for debt and attorneys’ fees. This judgment includes the sum of $2,106.40 on a so-called stated account, interest on said sum from July 15, 1965, to date of judgment in the amount of $305.41, reasonable attorneys’ fees of $750.00, and the sum of $1,500.00 for the reasonable rental value of a coffee machine for thirty months at $50.00 per month. Although the trial was by jury, the only issue submitted inquired as to the rental value of the coffee machine. The…