Arkansas Best Corp. v. General Electric Capital Corp.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1DissentTom Glaze, Justice
My primary reason for dissenting is that Arkansas Best Corporation has no standing in this lawsuit. ABC failed to file a required motion to intervene in this cause, and while the trial court did not reject ABC the relief it asked based upon ABC’s lack of standing, this court will sustain a trial court’s ruling if it reached the right result, even though it announced the wrong reason. Smackover State Bank v. Oswalt, 307 Ark. 432, 821 S.W.2d 757 (1991). In addition, we have said that on appeal we review a chancery case de novo, and if a chancellor’s decision can be sustained on other grounds,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Looper v. Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Carton v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- UHS of Arkansas, Inc. v. City of SherwoodSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Cupples Farms Partnership v. Forrest City Production Credit Ass'nSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
- Morgan v. DownsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
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