Harris v. CORPUS CHRISTI BROADCASTING COMPANY

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Nueces County, Texas, by Corpus Christi Broadcasting Company, Inc., against Dudley Harris, d/b/a Terminix Company, upon a verified statement of account for radio advertising services, rendered pursuant to a verbal agreement between said parties, to which defendant answered by a verified denial of such account. Thereafter, plaintiff amended its pleadings by giving the correct name of the defendant as Dudley Harris, d/b/a “Richkill Service Company of Corpus Christi.”

The trial was to a jury upon one special issue, as follows: