Bloch Queensware Co. v. Metzger
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from’ Sebastian Circuit Court. Styles T. Eowe, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The Bloch Queensware Company is an Arkansas corporation, •doing business at Fort Smith. The Bloch Bealty Company is an Ohio corporation. While the two corporations were not identical, three of the Bloch brothers comprise one and four of them the ■other; and Abe Bloch, the president of the Queensware Company, was also a member of the Bealty Company.
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Appeal from’ Sebastian Circuit Court. Styles T. Eowe, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The Bloch Queensware Company is an Arkansas corporation, •doing business at Fort Smith. The Bloch Bealty Company is an Ohio corporation. While the two corporations were not identical, three of the Bloch brothers comprise one and four of them the ■other; and Abe Bloch, the president of the Queensware Company, was also a member of the Bealty Company. Metzger had a store at Fort Smith, and was also a contractor. This is a suit by the Queensware Company against Metzger for an alleged balance, due for merchandise,…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) First. The appellee introduced evidence tending to prove that he and Abe Bloch entered into a verbal contract by which appellee was to perform extra services as superintendent on the building in Cleveland, Ohio, and that he was to receive pay for such services from the appellant by a credit on his account with appellant for merchandise. This alleged agreement, it is claimed, was made at Cleveland, Ohio, sometime after the execution of the written contracts. In the fourth instruction the jury are permitted to find “a reasonable amount for extra services, if…
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