Meadows v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; STATEMENT- BY THE COURT. J. W. Hudson brought suit before a justice of the peace in Clark County against W. H. Meadows upon an account for $12.50 for labor and work done for defendant. The defendant denied that he was indebted in any sum, and further pleaded the statute of frauds. The plaintiff recovered judgment, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court.
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; STATEMENT- BY THE COURT. J. W. Hudson brought suit before a justice of the peace in Clark County against W. H. Meadows upon an account for $12.50 for labor and work done for defendant. The defendant denied that he was indebted in any sum, and further pleaded the statute of frauds. The plaintiff recovered judgment, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court. There, on a trial anew before a jury, a verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff. From the judgment entered upon the verdict, the defendant has duly prosecuted an appeal…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). Counsel for appellant assigns as error the action of the court in refusing to grant appellant a new trial because of the occurrence of an accident which he says ordinary prudence- could not' have guarded against, and in support thereof filed his own affidavit and that of appellant.
The substance of the affidavits are that appellant had an agreement with his attorney a short time before the convening of the court, whereby his attorney agreed to notify appellant of the day his case was set for trial. That the court convened at Arkadelphia, in 'Clark County, Arkansas,…
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