Coulson v. Alvis Auto Rentals, Inc.
Decision Date | 22 December 1961 |
Docket Number | No. 16271,16271 |
Citation | 352 S.W.2d 849 |
Parties | Max O. COULSON et al., D/B/A Brickstone of Fort Worth, Appellants, v. ALVIS AUTO RENTALS, INC., Appellee |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
John Whiteside, Fort Worth, for appellants.
DeVore, Ashworth & McGahey, and Philip C. McGahey, Jr., Arlington, for appellee.
The plaintiff Alvis Auto Rentals, Inc., sued Mas O. Coulson and Henry Potter, d/b/a Brickstone of Fort Worth, in the nature of a verified account for the sum of $2,054.30 due for lease money upon two automobiles.
Judgment was entered for plaintiff on said account. The court found that a lease contract was made between the parties. The defendants were to pay $100 per month per car. The plaintiff kept the account in the regular course of business and the account cards reflected the business dealings between the parties. The automobiles were used by the defendant partners in the course of their business, Brickstone of Fort Worth. At the time of termination of the leases, the defendants owed plaintiff $1,436.30 on one car and $618.00 on the other. The court concluded the amount sued for was a liquidated amount, based upon a written contract, upon which a systematic record was kept.
In points seven and eight, defendants contend there is no evidence to support the finding of partnership and no evidence showing that any act by Coulson was in the scope of any partnership business. As to the latter point, the evidence is ample to support the court's findings. As to point seven, the plaintiff alleged the defendants were partners. Neither defendant filed a sworn denial of partnership. When the fact of partnership is alleged and is not denied under oath, it stands as admitted. 32 Tex. Jur. 262, Sec. 28; Rule 93(f), Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; Petty v. First National Bank of Quitman, Tex.Civ.App., 278 S.W.2d 361. The points are overruled.
In points three through six, defendants contend plaintiff's exhibits 1 to 5 were improperly admitted, same being hearsay.
In the introduction of the exhibits plaintiff met all the requirements of Art. 3737e, Vernon's Tex.Civ.St. Hence, the exhibits were properly admitted. Moreover, defendants did not deny the justness of the claim. As a witness, defendant Coulson admitted the contract was made, and did not deny the amount sued for was due. Defendant Potter did not testify. The points are overruled.
Our holding on the above points necessarily rejects defendants' contention No. 10 that there was no evidence or insufficient evidence to support the judgment.
In their second point of error, defendants contend the plaintiff was not entitled to attorney's fees.
In Meaders v. Biskamp, 159 Tex. 79, 316 S.W.2d 75, wherein plaintiff sought attorney's fees in a suit in the nature of a sworn account for the balance due upon a lease contract, the Supreme Court said: ...
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