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BENTHALL v. GOODWIN

No. 6313.

498 S.W.2d 510 (1973)

J. A. BENTHALL, Plaintiff in Error, v. Vernon GOODWIN, Defendant in Error.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

August 1, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe K. McGill, Seminole, for plaintiff in error.

Haley & Smith, Stephen L. Haley, Seminole, for defendant in error.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is an appeal by writ of error from a default judgment rendered upon a sworn account in favor of Vernon Goodwin for the principal sum of $3,512.81 and attorney's fees in the amount of $1,170.94. The judgment is attacked on the principal ground that the pleadings and the verified exhibit attached are insufficient to support the default judgment. We agree and the case is reversed and remanded.

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