Phoenix Insurance Company v. Wood

Phœnix Insurance Company (hereinafter called the plaintiff) sued Mrs. H. T. Wood (hereafter called the defendant) on a promissory note. In her answer, the defendant admitted the execution of the note and that the plaintiff was the legal holder thereof, thereby admitting a prima facie case in the plaintiff.

In paragraph four of the answer the defendant alleged that on April 30, 1940, she signed a written contract with the American Desk Manufacturing Company (hereafter called the desk company), of Temple, Texas, in which she agreed to purchase a certain number of opera chairs, and that on May…