Cook v. Van Deren Hardware, Inc.

Stolz, Judge.

The defendant appeals from an adverse judgment rendered in the State Court of DeKalb County by the trial judge sitting as trier of fact.

Briefly, the plaintiff sued the defendant on an open account. The defendant denied the debt and asserted an affirmative defense that the debt sued on was a corporate debt which had been discharged in bankruptcy and not an individual obligation.

Argued September 5, 1973 Decided September 19, 1973 Rehearing denied October 2, 1973. Lefkoff & Hanes, Paul L. Hanes, for appellant. Hopkins & Gresham, H. Lowed Hopkins, for appellee.

The trial judge, in his…