Baker Wholesale Co. v. Fleming

Stukes, Justice.

The petitioner, now appellant, obtained judgment by default in the Civil and Criminal Court of Charleston against Robert E. Miller upon a complaint, the presently pertinent paragraphs of which follow:

3. That heretofore, on or about the 22nd day of October, 1953, the plaintiff intrusted to the defendant the sum of $185.40, belonging to the plaintiff, for the purpose of, and which defendant promised should be by him used for, the purchase by the defendant for the plaintiff of a washing machine, General Electric Model 450-X.

4. That thereafter, on or about the 28th day of October,…