General Office Service Co. v. Letbetter

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

General Office Service Company sued Elmo Letbetter on an open account for merchandise sold to him by the United Laboratories, Inc. and, in the alternative, upon written orders for the merchandise signed by Letbetter, plaintiff alleging that the balance owing on said account and orders had been assigned to it by the seller.

In a trial to the court, judgment was rendered for defendant and plaintiffs have appealed.

The court found (a) that plaintiffs failed to prove a valid assignment of the account for a valuable consideration; (c) that the merchandise sold to Letbetter was…