Rainwater v. Childress
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Chancery Court; J. T. Bulloch, Special Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. H. H. 'Childress sued Lloyd Rainwater and about 'twenty-five other persons for contribution on' a debt which he alleges he and the defendants became liable for as partners. The defendants denied liability.
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Appeal from Conway Chancery Court; J. T. Bulloch, Special Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. H. H. 'Childress sued Lloyd Rainwater and about 'twenty-five other persons for contribution on' a debt which he alleges he and the defendants became liable for as partners. The defendants denied liability. The material facts necessary for a determination of the issues raised by the appeal are as follows: In the fall of 1908 a proposition was made by a promoter to the Board of Trade of Morrilton, Arkansas, to establish ia canning factory if a bonus of $5,000 should be given him. Some of the citizens…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). Counsel for the defendants other than Rainwater insist in their brief that the decree be affirmed. Therefore, we shall 'assume that the facts justified the court in rendering the decree as to them 'and no further consideration of that branch of the case will he given.
Counsel for the plaintiff Childress and the defendant Lloyd Rainwater both urge that the defendants were jointly liable for the debt incurred by the canning factory as partners, but we do not agree with them in that contention. All of the signers to the subscription contract stated that it was…
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