Magee v. Crowe

LANDRY, Judge ad hoc.

Plaintiffs Maurice Magee, J. Marvin Magee and H. Clayton Magee, doing business as Maurice Magee Furniture Store, a commercial partnership, instituted this action against defendant Vinton Crowe seeking judgment in the sum of $157.91 for certain articles of furniture allegedly sold Crowe on open account.

Defendant Vinton Crowe answered the petition denying that he had purchased any of the furniture involved and alleging as a defense that the furniture had, in fact, been purchased by his employee, Allen Carpenter. Crowe not only denied purchasing the furniture in his own name…