Calloway v. Western States Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Mrror from Haskdl County Court; Ulys. Pyle, Special Judge. Action by the Western States Lumber Company against A. B. Calloway and others. Judgment on demurrer for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBERTSON, C.
This is an action by the Western States Lumber Company against A. B. Calloway and seven others to recover the sum of $500 and interest, alleged to be due on a note given by said defendants to plaintiff on July 13, 1907. The contract sued on, having been executed in the Indian Territory prior to statehood, must be construed under and governed bjr the laws of Arkansas then in force in that territory. The defendants appeared in the court below and filed a substituted answer, which is in words and figures as follows:
“That they admit that they executed the note herein sued…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rogers v. BlytheSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1889
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