Wooten & Co. v. Bain-Adams Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. The alleged confirmation paper by J. R. Woods was not a confirmation of the contract of September 28, and plaintiffs must fail in their action because the proof wholly fails to bear out the confirmation. 137 S. W. 827; 96 S. W. 386. 2. It was error to instruct a verdict. The case upon the evidence was one for a jury.
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Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. The alleged confirmation paper by J. R. Woods was not a confirmation of the contract of September 28, and plaintiffs must fail in their action because the proof wholly fails to bear out the confirmation. 137 S. W. 827; 96 S. W. 386. 2. It was error to instruct a verdict. The case upon the evidence was one for a jury. Ib.; 89 Id. 368; 106 Id. 482. Where there is any evidence tending to support the issue, it is error to take the case from the jury. 103 Ark. 401; 104 Id. 267; 120 Id. 206; 132 Id. 441. An agent who is only empowered by…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This appeal comes from a judgment pronounced upon a verdict returned under the direction of the court, after the jury trying the cause had been unable to agree. As the verdict was directed against appellants, we must view the testimony in the light most favorable to their contention, and the case may be stated as -follows: Appellants compose a copartnership engaged in buying <;otton, with their principal office at Helena, Arkansas. Appellees compose a copartnership, and are merchants and cotton buyers, with their place of business at-Portland, Arkansas. J. ft. Woods was the agent of…
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