McLaurin v. Smith's Poultry & Farm Supply

499 So.2d 1361 (1986)

Mitchell McLAURIN, et ux,

v.

SMITH'S POULTRY & FARM SUPPLY, INC.

No. 56842.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 17, 1986.

Franklin C. McKenzie, Laurel, for appellant.

C. Everette Boutwell, Laurel, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This case, involving the balance due on an open account, comes to the Court from the Circuit Court of Jones County, Mississippi. The trial judge directed a verdict for Smith's Poultry and Farm Supply, in the amount of $6,809.30, plus $1,000 in attorney's fees, finding the McLaurins'…