Schramm v. P. J. Owens Lumber Co.

This suit was filed by appellee, P. J. Owens Lumber Company, against appellant, Gustav Schramm, on a sworn account for the sum of $886.87 for lumber and material alleged to have been sold to appellant. The defendant below answered by general denial, and denied specially under oath that he ever had any kind of a contract with appellee or that he bought a single item of the goods shown in the account.

The evidence of the plaintiff below was to the effect that the lumber was sold to the defendant and that he agreed to pay for same, while the contention of appellant was that he did not buy the…