Legal Opinion

J. R. Watkins Medical Co. v. Mosley

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 23, 1919PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court, Eastern District; Dene II. Coleman, Judge; Appellant was entitled to recover after it later complied with the laws of Arkansas requiring foreign corporations to qualify.

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Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court, Eastern District; Dene II. Coleman, Judge; Appellant was entitled to recover after it later complied with the laws of Arkansas requiring foreign corporations to qualify. The contract here is very similar if not identical with that of Watkins Medical Co. v. Bogus, decided by this court March 24, 1919. The contract created the relation of vendor and vendee and not principal and agent. 126 Ark. 597; 131 Id. 15. Defendant guaranteed the payment of the debt and was liable on the third and last contract. 70 Minn. 84; 72 N. W. 829; 68 Am.' St. 512. Mosley…

1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.

On the 27th day of April, 1917, appellant, a foreign corporation, instituted suit against appellees in the Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Lawrence County, for $548.14, alleging that said sum was a balance due under the terms of a contract entered into by and between appellant, on the one part, and appellee, J. M. Mosley, together with his sureties, on the other part. The contract in all material parts was identical with the contract made in the case of J. R. Watkins Medical Co. v. Hogue, 138 Ark. 105, 210 S. W. 628.

Appellee defended upon the ground that the contract sued upon was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State Mutual Fire Insurance v. Brinkley Stave & Heading Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
  2. Buffalo Zinc & Copper Co. v. CrumpSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1902
  3. Woolfort v. Dixie Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  4. Waxahachie Medicine Co. v. DalySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
  5. J. R. Watkins Medical Co. v. HogueSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Peter & Burghard Stone Co. v. CarperIndiana Court of Appeals · 1930
  2. Brace v. Gauger-Korsmo Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
  3. Jack Tar Of Ark., Inc. v. National Wells Television, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1961

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