Witter v. Arnett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Chancery side of the Hempstead Circuit Court. Bill in Chancery by Charles E. Witter against William Arnett, determined in die Hempstead Circuit Court, at the Nov, term, 1846, before the Hon. George CoNavay, Chancellor. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court. Witter maltes out a clear case for an account, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to perceive on what ground the demurrer Avas sustained.
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Appeal from the Chancery side of the Hempstead Circuit Court. Bill in Chancery by Charles E. Witter against William Arnett, determined in die Hempstead Circuit Court, at the Nov, term, 1846, before the Hon. George CoNavay, Chancellor. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court. Witter maltes out a clear case for an account, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to perceive on what ground the demurrer Avas sustained. In all matters of complicated accounts between parties, and this case, upon the face of the bill, is clearly shown to be one of them, Courts of equity…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, C. J.
This was abillfiledby Witter in Hempstead Circuit Court in which he charged that in March, 1841, Arnett as sheriff of said county, appointed him his deputy, and contracted to give him for his services as such deputy, one-half of the fees that might accrue to himself for all and every kind of service and employment appertaining to his office; that he accepted the appointment, and thereupon became and was duly and legally constituted the deputy of the said Arnett; that he immediately entered upon the discharge of his duties as such deputy, and that during the continuance of his deputyship,…
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