Lassiter v. Boxwell Brothers, Inc.

DENTON, Chief Justice.

Boxwell Brothers, Inc., filed suit against Don Lassiter and wife, Mary Lassiter, seeking recovery on a promissory note in the original sum of $1,091.12. Payments totaling $374.00 by the Social Security Administration and the Veterans Administration were credited to the note. The note was executed by the Lassiters in payment of the funeral expenses incurred for the burial of Mrs. Lassiter’s former husband, David Wendell Giles. The case was tried before the court without a jury. The trial court awarded appellee judgment against Don Lassiter for the balance due on the note…