Merchants' Collection Agency v. Levi

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant after his motion for a nonsuit had been granted. The facts are, therefore, undisputed and are these: On March 20, 1912, the defendant purchased from W. & J. Sloane two items of goods amounting to the sum of $325. They were not paid for, and the said sum was charged to the defendant on the books of W. & J. Sloane. Thereafter' the account was assigned to the plaintiff, who commenced action thereon on September 24, 1915. The defendant answered pleading the bar of the statute of limitations under section 339 of the Code of Civil…