Rogers v. Scott
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. Defendants’ first instruction should not have been given. 53 Ark. 196; lb. 380; 51 Id. 61, 75; 36 Id. 96; 19 Id. 319; 16 Cyc. 941, et seq.; 62 Ark. 84, 88, 91; 25 L. R. A. (N. S.) 760; 209 Fed. 758: 143 Pa. 815; 120 Md. 176; 87 Atl. 814: 211 Mass. 429, 97 N. E. 1094; 162 Mass. 72, 38 N. E. 29. 2. The testimony as to the Cleora property should not have been admitted.
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Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. Defendants’ first instruction should not have been given. 53 Ark. 196; lb. 380; 51 Id. 61, 75; 36 Id. 96; 19 Id. 319; 16 Cyc. 941, et seq.; 62 Ark. 84, 88, 91; 25 L. R. A. (N. S.) 760; 209 Fed. 758: 143 Pa. 815; 120 Md. 176; 87 Atl. 814: 211 Mass. 429, 97 N. E. 1094; 162 Mass. 72, 38 N. E. 29. 2. The testimony as to the Cleora property should not have been admitted. The two transactions were entirely independent. 101 Ala. 1,13 So. 283; 33 S. W. 604; 121 N. Y. 57. 1. There was no error in admitting testimony as to the Cleora…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). Counsel for the plaintiff assigns as error the action of the court in giving instruction No. 1 at the request of the defendants. The instruction is as follows:
•‘1. You are instructed that although you should find from the testimony that L. B. Brackin was not in fact the agent of the plaintiff to sell the property sued for, yet, if you should further find from the evidence that the plaintiff permitted the said Brackin to hold possession of this property and other property of a similar character, and permitted him to hold and sell, from time to time, property…
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