Green v. Williams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action brought by Henry T. Green, as administrator of the estate of Theodore Jones, deceased, against Jacob McMurtry, who died during the pendency thereof. Action revived (in the name of and against James E. Williams, as administrator 'of the estate of Jacob McMurtry, deceased.
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Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action brought by Henry T. Green, as administrator of the estate of Theodore Jones, deceased, against Jacob McMurtry, who died during the pendency thereof. Action revived (in the name of and against James E. Williams, as administrator 'of the estate of Jacob McMurtry, deceased. The district court, at September Term, 1876, adjudged that the defendant Williams, as administrator, etc., go hence without day, and that he recover of said plaintiff Green, as administrator, his costs in said suit. Green brings the case here for review. The facts are sufficiently…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
It is often more difficult for this court to ascertain from the record of a case what questions are presented for consideration, than it is to decide the questions involved in the case after they are ascertained. This is particularly true in this case. The court' below, to whom the case was submitted without a jury, found generally for the defendant and rendered judgment accordingly; but what the opinion of the court was upon the various legal questions involved in the case, we are at a loss to know. The plaintiff in error, plaintiff…
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