Williams v. North Alabama Express, Inc.

This is an appeal by appellant (plaintiff) from a verdict for appellee (defendant) in a suit on the common counts for an account stated, an open account and for money loaned and for money paid.

Prior to and on August 25, 1952, defendant was a corporation solely owned by A. O. Cleveland and his wife Lucile Cleveland. On that day the Clevelands sold all the stock in the corporation to the Gothard brothers. Prior to that time, both before and after the corporation was organized, there had been a long series of transactions between plaintiff, L. M. Williams, and Cleveland. These consisted largely…