Deaton, Inc. v. Blakeney

LEE, Justice,

for the Court:

Deaton, Inc. filed suit in the Circuit Court of Smith County against J. W. Ashley and Ross Blakeney on an open account in the amount of four thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars ($4,152.00). At the conclusion of Deaton’s evidence, the court directed a verdict in favor of Blakeney and overruled a motion of Deaton for judgment notwithstanding the directed verdict. Default judgment was entered against Ashley in the full amount of the claim. From the judgment in favor of Blakeney, Deaton, Inc. appeals.

The question here is whether or not the trial court committed…