Green v. Horton

This action of contract on an account annexed was originally brought by Earl S. Johnson (hereinafter called Johnson), an undertaker, to recover the funeral expenses arising out of the burial of the defendant’s wife, Albertina Green Horton. There was evidence that on December 5, 1949, after the action was commenced, Edna Green, the daughter of Mrs. Horton by a previous marriage, paid Johnson $645.75, the amount of his bill, and that he executed and delivered to her at that time an assignment of all his “right, title and interest in and to the claim and cause of action” for funeral expenses…