Legal Opinion · Concurrence

D. F. Jones Construction Company, Inc. v. Fooks

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 29, 1940No. 4-5758 and 4-5839 (consolidated)Published

1ConcurrenceGrieein Smith, C. J.

While I am in complete accord with the result arrived at by the majority, that result would not have been.attained in the absence of a. showing of substantial reason.

If Robins and others who testified by affidavit had been interlopers, the transactions described would have challenged appellate credulity. Therefore, in all probability we would have said that, because no reason was shown for the admitted acts of Robins, it would be preposterous to conclude that as a volunteer he spawned judicial corruption as an original contribution to crime.

As said in the court’s opinion, the motion for a new…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Sloan v. HathcoatSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1939

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