Stubblefield v. Siloam Springs Newspapers, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

H. FRANKLIN WATERS, District Judge.

This is a suit on a promissory note brought by the plaintiff, a resident of Oklahoma, against the defendant, an Arkansas corporation with its principal place of business in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. This suit was originally brought in the Circuit Court of Benton County, Arkansas, and later removed on petition by the defendant to this court where it was tried without a jury. This memorandum opinion incorporates the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.

The plaintiff and his partner, Doyle Guthrie, each owned an undivided one-half…