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Heilman v. Martin

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 15, 1840PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error.to Pulaski Circuit Court. This was a suit commenced by the defendant in error as a minor' under- twenty-one years of age, by William Ward, as his next friend and guardian, against the plaintiff in error, in the Circuit Court of Pulaski county, in assumpsit. The declaration contains but one count, which is in the usual form of the common count fbi work and labor done and performed, and money lent and advanced.

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Error.to Pulaski Circuit Court. This was a suit commenced by the defendant in error as a minor' under- twenty-one years of age, by William Ward, as his next friend and guardian, against the plaintiff in error, in the Circuit Court of Pulaski county, in assumpsit. The declaration contains but one count, which is in the usual form of the common count fbi work and labor done and performed, and money lent and advanced. The sum alleged to be due and owing for the former is $150 — that on account of the latter $101 — and damages are claimed to the amount of $200. At the term to which the writ was…

1Opinion of the CourtRingo, Chief Justice

The questions arising in this case may be disposed of in the order in which they are stated. The decision upon the plea to the jurisdiction of the court, although drawn in question by the assignment of errors, was not controverted in the argument, and although not formally withdrawn or abandoned, does not appear to he relied on by the plaintiff, and the principles upon which it should have been struck •out, are so well established, and so obviously applicable to this case, that argument in support of the decision is deemed unnecessary, however, it may not be improper to state them briefly.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lawrence v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Payne v. RittmanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
  2. Russell v. Cockrill, JudgeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
  3. Ackermann v. HaumuellerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
  4. Neale v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
  5. Hempstead v. CollinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1846

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