Soudan Planting Co. v. Stevenson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Dee Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; The tenders of cotton made in 1906 were sufficient, and interest should not be allowed; 34 Vt. 201; 39 Vt. 51. In making a tender of something other than money it is not necessary to keep it good. 12 Am.
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Appeal from Dee Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; The tenders of cotton made in 1906 were sufficient, and interest should not be allowed; 34 Vt. 201; 39 Vt. 51. In making a tender of something other than money it is not necessary to keep it good. 12 Am. Dec. 696; 2 Kent, 508. In an action for purchase money the defendant may recoup for breaches of covenant. 134 Fed. 1. That defendant knew the timber contract was outstanding detracts nothing from the force of the covenants. 33 Ark. 503; 84 Ark. 415. When the agreement to arbitrate is collateral, resort may be had to the courts…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
J. E. Stevenson and Bbinezer Rodgers, as executors of H. P. Rodgers, deceased, instituted a suit in the Dee Chancery Court, against the Soudan Planting Company, and alleged in their complaint that their testator, H. P. Rodgers, on the first day of November, 1902, entered into a contract with Lem Banks and one Henry Banks, since deceased, to sell to them certain lands in Lee County, known as the Soudan and Westwood plantations, and that they, in consideration thereof, agreed to deliver to H. P. Rodgers 3,500 bales of cotton, of an average weight of 500 pounds, in installments as follows: 116…
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- Williams v. NeelyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Hamilton v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Holmes v. RichetCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
- Goerke v. RodgersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
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