F. W. Cook Brewing Co. v. Page

This suit was brought by appellant, F. W. Cook Brewing Company, against appellee Page upon an open account of $2,564, incurred under the provisions of a written contract between the parties. The other appellees were joined as parties defendant as sureties upon Page’s bond to secure performance of the contract. The open account was verified as provided by statute (article 3712, R. S. 1911), and the controlling question presented in the appeal is the sufficiency of Page’s affidavit controverting the correctness of the account sued on to defeat the prima facie case made by the sworn account. In…