Braden v. Gulf Coast Lumber Co.

This action, was instituted by ■the defendant in error, as plaintiff below, against the plaintiff in error, Jess Braden, sole trader under the name of Braden* Lumber Company, for balance due in the sum of $236.80 for lumber sold by the plaintiff and purchased by the defendant. Hereafter, for convenience, the parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

Thereafter, the defendant filed a demurrer to plain tiff’s petition, which was later withdrawn, and his answer was filed, in •which he admitted that he purchased the lumber of plaintiff as set forth in plaintiff’s petition,…