Jonesboro Trust Co. v. Nutt
Supreme Court of Arkansas
■Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; J. F. Gautney, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant brought this suit in the justice court against E. K. and S. M. Nutt, upon two promissory notes fox $150 each, 'dated February 3, 1913, one due April 3 and the other June 3, after date. Defendants failed to appear in the justice court and judgment by default was rendered against them from which they appealed.
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■Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; J. F. Gautney, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant brought this suit in the justice court against E. K. and S. M. Nutt, upon two promissory notes fox $150 each, 'dated February 3, 1913, one due April 3 and the other June 3, after date. Defendants failed to appear in the justice court and judgment by default was rendered against them from which they appealed. In the circuit court ¡they answered, alleged that the notes sued on were given as consideration for the sale and delivery of portable pantries, -a patented article, .and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). (1) This case is controlled by the decisions in Tilson v. Gatling, 60 Ark. 118, Columbia County Bank v. Emerson, 86 Ark. 159, Mullins v. Columbia County Bank, 87 Ark. 555, and Ensign v. Coffelt, 102 Ark. 568. Said cases all .arose out of transactions governed ¡by the law requiring “negotiable notes given in payment for .any patented machine, implement, .substance or instrument of ¡any 'kind or character whatever, when the vendor effects the sale of the same to any citizen of this State, on a credit” or “in payment of .any patent right or patent right…
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