MERCHANT'S PRINTERS v. VULCAN PUBLICATIONS

1901597.

597 So.2d 1322 (1992)

MERCHANT'S PRINTERS, INC. v. VULCAN PUBLICATIONS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Palmer Norris, Gardendale, for appellant.

Jack W. Selden of Leitman, Siegal, Payne & Campbell, P.C., Birmingham, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether a plaintiff is always entitled to have summary judgment entered in its favor when it makes out a prima facie case of a debt owed to it by attaching a verified statement of account to its complaint, as permitted by Ala.Code 1975, § 12-21-111, and the defendant fails to file a counteraffidavit as required by that statute. We hold that § 12-21-111 is only an evidentiary rule and that the prima facie case may...

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