Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Delaware Produce Exchange, Inc.

Citations

• 25 Del. 336
• 2 Boyce 336
• 80 A. 244
• 1911 Del. LEXIS 44

Syllabus

<p>Account, Action on — Sufficiency of Account.</p> <p>A statement of account with a telegraph company, made up of items such as “Aug. 1, Geo. A. Wells, Wheeling, W. Va.,” insufficiently discloses the nature of the demand warranting refusal of judgment on affidavit of the demand; it being not permissible to consider the corporate name of the plaintiff and the apparent business in which it is engaged to supply any deficiencies in the statement of account.</p>