Flowers v. Steelcraft Corp.

DENTON, Chief Justice.

L. J. Flowers, individually and d/b/a Flowers Tank Company brought suit on a sworn account against Steelcraft Corporation, a Texas corporation. The trial court sustained the defendant’s plea in abatement and dismissed the plaintiff’s cause of action. The plaintiff has timely perfected this appeal.

The plaintiff alleged the defendant, corporation was indebted to him in the amount of $5,954.68, plus attorneys’ fees, for personal services rendered and labor for the erection of storage tanks in Granada, Colorado, at the instance and request of the defendant. The petition…