Buell v. Williams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith. District; Paul Little, Judge; ■ 1. The judgment should be reversed, because-the court failed to file written findings of fact and conclusions of law, as imperatively required by law, but refused to do so when its attention was called to the omission. 34 Ark. 524; 42 Id. 41; Kirby’s Digest, § 6213; 24 Pac. 1055; 17 Mo. 550; 57 Atl. 837; 20 App. Div. (N. Y.) 304; 19 Pac. 123; 51 N. W. 867; 20 La.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith. District; Paul Little, Judge; ■ 1. The judgment should be reversed, because-the court failed to file written findings of fact and conclusions of law, as imperatively required by law, but refused to do so when its attention was called to the omission. 34 Ark. 524; 42 Id. 41; Kirby’s Digest, § 6213; 24 Pac. 1055; 17 Mo. 550; 57 Atl. 837; 20 App. Div. (N. Y.) 304; 19 Pac. 123; 51 N. W. 867; 20 La. Ann. 27; 29 Pac. 1005; 31 Id. 766; 51 Cal. 276; 71 Id. 380; 46 S. W. 448; 59 Ark. 178; 23 Mich. 337. Courts cannot deliberately disobey the law. 95 U.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellant instituted this action before a justice of the peace to recover on a note-in the sum of $50.00 executed by appellee, and after judgment there the case was appealed to the circuit court where it was tried de novo. Appellant failed to appear at the trial in the circuit court, and the case was, in his absence, tried before the court sitting as a jury. The court found in favor of the defendant and entered judgment accordingly. The findings of the court, as recited in the judgment, were as follows: “That the defendant is not indebted to the plaintiff in any sum whatever, and that the…
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