Epstein & Brother Co. v. Thomas

I. Epstein & Brother Company, alleging that it was the purchaser of the accounts and other choses in action of J. M. Yereen, a bankrupt, brought suit upon open account against W. B. Thomas, alleging an indebtedness upon his part on an unpaid balance of an account running from September 1, 1908, to February 3, 1911, of $394.50. Attached to the petition was a statement purporting to set forth each item of the defendant’s purchases, with sundry credits of cash and of articles of farm produce. The defendant filed a sworn answer, in which he admitted only the allegations of the first paragraph of…