Cooley v. Roman

Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging an account stated between himself and defendant. Defendant’s attorney wrote to plaintiff’s attorney requesting a verified statement of the account. Plaintiff responded with a letter enclosing a statement of charges and credits to defendant’s account for legal services rendered by plaintiff. Defendant then filed an answer generally denying the allegations of plaintiff’s complaint. Thereafter, plaintiff moved for summary judgment for lack of a genuine issue of material fact concerning defendant’s agreement to the account stated, based on an affidavit that…