Bond v. Cornell

LUTTRELL, Y.C.J.

This is an action on account for the rental of various items of oil field equipment, brought by plaintiff, Cornell, against the defendants, B. T. Murphree and Reford Bond, Jr., alleged to be copart-ners doing business as Murphree & Bond Drilling Company. After plaintiff had produced his evidence and rested, defendant Murphree moved for a directed verdict on the ground that, as stipulated between the parties, he had been adjudicated a bankrupt prior to the trial of the case. The trial court sustained his motion and directed a verdict in his favor. Thereupon defendant Bond…