Dozier v. Grayson-McLeod Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; Where a skeleton bill of exceptions containing a direction to “insert testimony” without further identification of the testimony to be inserted, shows on its face that it was signed by the trial judge ten days before the stenographer's transcript of the evidence was filed with the clerk, it is patent that the stenographer’s transcript was not presented to the judge with the skeleton bill, and was not approved by him as…
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; Where a skeleton bill of exceptions containing a direction to “insert testimony” without further identification of the testimony to be inserted, shows on its face that it was signed by the trial judge ten days before the stenographer's transcript of the evidence was filed with the clerk, it is patent that the stenographer’s transcript was not presented to the judge with the skeleton bill, and was not approved by him as the evidence adduced at the trial. There is in such case no complete transcript for the appellate court to consider. 25…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
This was an action instituted by appellant to recover certain commissions on a sale of land which, as a real estate broker, he alleged he had procured for the appellee. The case was tried by a jury, and after the introduction of all the testimony the court directed a verdict in favor of the appellee. It is contended by the appellant that there was sufficient evidence adduced at the trial to have sustained a verdict in his favor, had one been returned. The determination of the question presented upon this appeal necessitates, therefore, an examination of the testimony which was introduced at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Young v. GautSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. BucknerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Lesser v. BanksSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
- St. L., I. M. & S. R'y v. GodbySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
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- Mullett v. MorrisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
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