60 Ga. App. 76 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1939
The Sinclair Refining Company sued W. H. Scott on account for a balance of $219.47. The defendant demurred on
The petition as amended declared on an account stated. “An account stated is an agreement between persons who have had previous transactions, fixing the amount due in respect of such transactions, and promising payment.” Ward v. Stewart, 103 Ga. 260, 262 (29 S. E. 872); Moore v. Hendrix, 144 Ga. 646 (87 S. E. 915). The itemized statement of the account attached to the amendment as exhibit A-l was the same as the one attached to the original petition, except that the dates of the different items were set out in the one attached to the amendment. It appeared from the dates thereof that the account was barred by the statute of limitations, but the amendment alleged that the parties, on November 6, 1934, had entered into a written agreement with reference to their previous transactions, whereby they fixed the amount due by the defendant to the plaintiff. This writing was addressed to the agent of the Sinclair Kefining Company at Toccoa, Georgia, was signed by the defendant, and stated the amount owed by the defendant at that time. It was alleged in the amendment that the defendant was employed by the plaintiff under a retail agent’s contract to sell the products of the plaintiff during the time that
It follows that the court erred in sustaining the defendant’s demurrer and in dismissing the plaintiff’s action.
Judgment reversed.