Allen-West Commission Co. v. People's Bank
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Cross appeals from Yell Circuit Court, Dardanelle District. statement by t-he court. On the 25th day of June, 1897, the Allen-West Commission Company, of St. Douis, Missouri, entered into the following contract with the People’s Bank and John B. Crownover, the cashier of that bank.
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Cross appeals from Yell Circuit Court, Dardanelle District. statement by t-he court. On the 25th day of June, 1897, the Allen-West Commission Company, of St. Douis, Missouri, entered into the following contract with the People’s Bank and John B. Crownover, the cashier of that bank. “For and in consideration of the Allen-West Commission Company, of St. Douis, Missouri, carrying over the amount now due them by us on open account or note, and certain further advances of money to be made by 'them to us during the spring and summer of 1897, at the expressly agreed rate of interest of eight (8) per…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an action by a commission company, which sues as a Missouri corporation, to recover a balance which it alleges is due it from the defendants on a contract. The answer of the defendants expressly denied that plaintiff was a corporation, and they now contend that the judgment should be reversed, because there was no proof that plaintiff was a corporation. But the record shows that the defendants did not insist upon this point at the trial. The court did not refer to the matter in its findings, and was not asked to do so, and the motion for new…
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