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Sevier v. Holliday

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 15, 1840PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to Clark Circuit Court. Absent, Hingo, Chief Justice. This was an action on the case. The declaration contained three counts.

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Error to Clark Circuit Court. Absent, Hingo, Chief Justice. This was an action on the case. The declaration contained three counts. The first alleged that Sevier was an attorney, and that on the 14th day of November, A. D. 1825, Holliday caused to be delivered to him, and he then received and accepted a note of hand made by one Joshua J. Henness, calling for one hundred and thirty-three dollars, to bring suit on, recover and collect from Henness, for the use and benefit of Holliday, for certain fees, &c., but did not bring suit thereon; so that Holliday lost the debt. The second count is,…

1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, Judge

At the January term, 1837, an opinion was delivered in this case, reversing the judgment of the court below, and remanding the cause for further proceedings to be had therein according to law. At the same term the counsel for the defendant in error filed a written argument for a rehearing, which was subsequently granted, and the case now stands in the same attitude as if no opinion had ever been given. The points in controversy have been elaborately and ably argued on-both sides. And after a careful review of the whole subject, we cannot perceive any sufficient ground for a reversal of the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Big a Warehouse Distributors, Inc. v. Rye Auto Supply, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 1986
  2. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Wynne Hoop & Cooperage Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
  3. Jonesboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. HoltSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  4. Anderson v. YellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1854
  5. Brown v. ClementSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1935

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