Peaslee Gaulbert Paint & Varnish Co. v. Lumpkin

Peaslee Gaulbert Paint & Varnish Company sued A. L. and Kermit Lumpkin, on an open account, to recover $308.25. The Lumpkins, in their answer, admitted the purchase of the materials in question. However the issue, as developed by the pleadings, was whether or not the plaintiff, to whom the Lumpkins were indebted in the amount sued for, agreed with Quality Paint Company, which was indebted to the Lumpkins in a sum in excess *640of $308.25, to transfer the Lumpkin account to Quality-Paint Company and look only to it for payment.

The evidence for the Lumpkins was to this effect: They bought the…