W. T. Rawleigh Co. v. Hammons

Plaintiff sues Mrs. H.H. Hammons and her sureties, R.L. Adams and Clayton J. Norred, for $121.49 with 5% per annum interest from February 25, 1943, for the balance due on an account that was commenced in 1941 and continued through the year 1944. A new contract was entered into each year and some years different sureties signed. Defendants first filed a prayer for oyer and when this was answered the itemized account disclosed numerous items of proprietary remedies, the sale of which by itinerant vendors is prohibited by Section 12 of Act No. 56 of 1914, and penalties provided for violation.

Defe…