Martin-Alexander Lumber Co. v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Will P. Feazel, Judge. STATEMENT BY TIIE COURT. Appellee obtained judgment against appellant for $475, the sum of numerous checks in denominations of 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1, given by appellant to its employees in payment of their wages. The form of the checks is as follows: "Martin-Alexander Lumber Company: Deliver to bearer at our store five cents’ worth of merchandise. [Signed] E. D. Martin, President.”
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Will P. Feazel, Judge. STATEMENT BY TIIE COURT. Appellee obtained judgment against appellant for $475, the sum of numerous checks in denominations of 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1, given by appellant to its employees in payment of their wages. The form of the checks is as follows: "Martin-Alexander Lumber Company: Deliver to bearer at our store five cents’ worth of merchandise. [Signed] E. D. Martin, President.” The checks were made of pasteboard, were round, and about the size of a silver dollar. They had stamped across their face in red ink…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) 1. The checks sued on do not come within any of the provisions of chapter 18, Sand. & II. Dig. The design of that chapter was to prevent the creation or circulation by private individuals of “any note, bill, bond, check or ticket purporting that any money or bank notes will be paid to the receiver, holder or bearer, or that it will be received in payment of debts, or to be used as a currency or medium of trade in lieu of money.” Also to prevent the issuance by “any city, town or corporation whatever of any small bills or notes, commonly denominated change…
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