Southwest Battery Corp. v. Owen

Southwest Battery Corporation filed suit against C. E. Owen and R. B. Cullem, composing the partnership of East Texas Distributing -Company, on a verified account in the sum of $1251.57. The defendants filed a cross action against plaintiff for the sum of $1500 as lost profits caused by the breach of a contract made between plaintiff and defendants. The case was submitted to a jury on special issues. Based upon the answers of the jury to such special issues, the trial court entered judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $91.69, being the difference between the amount of plaintiff’s account and…