Harris v. Graham
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; Bug ene Bcmkford, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This was a suit by Graham & Bordley as -contractors to obtain judgment and enforce a lien for erecting a dwelling house for H. C. Harris and his wife, Lillie R. Harris.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; Bug ene Bcmkford, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This was a suit by Graham & Bordley as -contractors to obtain judgment and enforce a lien for erecting a dwelling house for H. C. Harris and his wife, Lillie R. Harris. The contract price of the house was $2755, and was to have been built by Sample & Hoaglan, whose performance of the contract was guarantied by Graham & Bordley; and, Sample & Hoaglan failing to proceed with the work, it was assumed by Graham & Bordley. The contractors claimed a balance of $2605 due them for the work of each of the said…
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, C. J.,
(after stating the facts.) Appellants criticise the instructions, and allege various errors therein; but they have not set out the instructions in their abstract. They argue the instructions as if there were five transcripts here, and each j-udge had a transcript before him when he was reading their criticisms of the instructions. The rule that the abstract is to acquaint the judges with the material .parts of the record seems to be overlooked. The court has so often said that it will not review instructions thus presented that it is unnecessary to cite the cases.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dermott v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- Smith v. . BradyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Hoffman v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
3Cited by6 opinions
- Cont'nal Natl. Bk. of Ft. Worth v. ConnerTexas Supreme Court · 1948
- Thomas v. JacksonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Bell v. OldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- Campbell v. KennerlySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Walden v. KirklandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
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