Blackwood v. Eads
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. From July, 1908, to November 14, 1908, the appellant, who was plaintiff in the court below, was in partnership with one Jacob Thompson, Jr., of Helena, in the real estate brokerage business, under the firm name of Blackwood & Thompson, and on the 9th of October, 1908, the appellee and 'his co-owner, McAlexander, decided to sell their plantation in Tunica County, Mississippi, for thirty-five…
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Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. From July, 1908, to November 14, 1908, the appellant, who was plaintiff in the court below, was in partnership with one Jacob Thompson, Jr., of Helena, in the real estate brokerage business, under the firm name of Blackwood & Thompson, and on the 9th of October, 1908, the appellee and 'his co-owner, McAlexander, decided to sell their plantation in Tunica County, Mississippi, for thirty-five thousand dollars. Appellee listed the said place with the appellant’s firm under a verbal contract, by which it was…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). In Taylor v. Grant Lumber Co., 94 Ark. 566, this court, reviewing an order of the circuit court granting a new trial, said: “The trial judge still has control of the verdict of the jury after and during the term it was rendered. Because of his training and experience in the weighing of-testimony, and of the application of legal rules to the same, and of his equal opportunities with the jury to weigh the evidence and judge of the credibility of witnesses, he is vested with the power to set aside their verdicts on account of errors committed by them, whereby…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Blumenthal v. BridgesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Scott v. Patterson & ParkerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1890
- Taylor v. Grant Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Nagle v. HornbergerIndiana Supreme Court · 1854
- Hunton v. MarshallSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
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