West Texas Utilities Company v. Pirtle

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

West Texas Utilities Company sued Stanley J. Pirtle for a debt which it alleged Pirtle owed for electric service and merchandise “sold and delivered to defendant.” The suit was based upon an attached verified account and written contract. Pirtle filed a verified denial of the account. The written contract upon which the plaintiff relied to establish liability of Pirtle for the electric service and merchandise shows in the first paragraph that the agreement is between WEST TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY, and CISCO LOCKER PLANT, “c/o Stanley J. Pirtle” of Cisco, Texas, with the…