Jordan v. Wright
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Sevier Circuit Court. Hon. H. B. Stuart, Circuit judge. Reviews the evidence and contends that the verdict is contrary to the instructions of the court and not supported by the evidence. The scintilla doctrine, as heretofore expounded, may be profitably reviewed and perchance modified by this court. When appellant demanded the child was the time for appellee to claim compensation; if, he ever had any legal right to remuneration, it ceased after that demand.
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APPEAL from Sevier Circuit Court. Hon. H. B. Stuart, Circuit judge. Reviews the evidence and contends that the verdict is contrary to the instructions of the court and not supported by the evidence. The scintilla doctrine, as heretofore expounded, may be profitably reviewed and perchance modified by this court. When appellant demanded the child was the time for appellee to claim compensation; if, he ever had any legal right to remuneration, it ceased after that demand. The only ground of the motion for new trial wás that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence, hence that is the only…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
The appellee instituted suit against appellant to recover the sum of $400, which he alleged was due him for his care and expense in rearing and maintaining the appellant’s infant daughter. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $200. The defendant assigned no errors to the rulings of the court in the progress^ of the trial, but moved for a new trial solely upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence and the instructions of the court. The motion was overruled, and the defendant, who is the appellant here, presses the same questions for our consideration.
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