Kaufman v. Marshall
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Yell Chanfcery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. W. H. Marshall and H. S- Cline filed suit in the Yell Chancery Court against Fay Bridges, Louis Lorch, Max Kaufman and the State Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Appeal from Yell Chanfcery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. W. H. Marshall and H. S- Cline filed suit in the Yell Chancery Court against Fay Bridges, Louis Lorch, Max Kaufman and the State Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. They alleged that prior to the 18th of October, 1905, Louis Lorch was acting as agent of the State Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, with headquarters at the city of Dardanelle, for the purpose of doing a general life insurance business. That Max Kaufman was a brother-in-law of Lorch, residing at Dardanelle, and…
1Opinion of the Court
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(after stating the facts.) Marshall and Cline brought suit in chancery against Kaufman and others, seeking to cancel a bond which they had executed as sureties for Bridges to Lorch. Kaufman and Lorch sought to sustain the bond, and Kaufman brought a cross-complaint, in which he sued upon notes executed by Bridges to Lorch which had been transferred to 'him by Lorch, and which 'he sought to recover upon against Lorch on his indorsement, against Bridges as maker, and against Bridges, Marshall and Cline as signers of the bond. The chancellor gave Cline and Marshall the relief prayed,…
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