Legal Opinion

Davis v. Richardson

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 22, 1905PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Stone Circuit Court; Frederick D. Fulkerson, Judge; This court will not reverse a cause where there is evidence to support the verdict. 13 Ark. 317; 51 Ark. 115, 324; 57 Ark. 577; 23 Ark. 208; 13 Ark. 385; 25 Ark. 89, 482; 27 Ark. 517; 46 Ark. 524; 4 7 Ark. 196; 50 Ark. 511. Testimony introduced without objection cannot be complained of. 1 Ark. 224; 6 Ark. 456; 7 Ark. 488; 9 Ark. 389; 10 Ark. 184; 13 Ark. 437; 15 Ark. 128; 17 Ark. 188; 18 Ark. 34; 36 Ark. 653,…

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Appeal from Stone Circuit Court; Frederick D. Fulkerson, Judge; This court will not reverse a cause where there is evidence to support the verdict. 13 Ark. 317; 51 Ark. 115, 324; 57 Ark. 577; 23 Ark. 208; 13 Ark. 385; 25 Ark. 89, 482; 27 Ark. 517; 46 Ark. 524; 4 7 Ark. 196; 50 Ark. 511. Testimony introduced without objection cannot be complained of. 1 Ark. 224; 6 Ark. 456; 7 Ark. 488; 9 Ark. 389; 10 Ark. 184; 13 Ark. 437; 15 Ark. 128; 17 Ark. 188; 18 Ark. 34; 36 Ark. 653, 221, 304; 39 Ark. 221; 52 Ark. 180. The instruction upon the question of an assault was proper. Kirby’s Dig. § 1583; 43…

1Opinion of the Court

Battue;, J.

Eliza Richardson, by her next friend, filed a complaint in the Stone Circuit Court, alleging that the defendant W. E. Davis, on the 27th day of April, 1902, assaulted her in his storehouse near St. James, in Stone County, in this State, by seizing and embracing her in a rude and indecent manner, in consequence of which she, being in feeble health, suffered a severe shock to her nervous system and much humiliation; and that before that, on the same day, he made m decent proposals to her at the house of Ed. Grigsby; and she claimed $8,000 damages.

The defendant denied all these…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Peay v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1898

3Cited by11 opinions

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  2. Republic Iron & Steel Co. v. SelfSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  3. Growth Properties I v. CannonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  4. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HillAlabama Court of Appeals · 1933
  5. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907

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