Superior Oil & Gas Co. v. Sudbury
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; R. II. Dudley, Judge; 1. The court erred in refusing to permit plaintiff to show by witnesses Beale and Davis their conversation and transactions with Sudberry relative to the sale and purchase of the stock.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; R. II. Dudley, Judge; 1. The court erred in refusing to permit plaintiff to show by witnesses Beale and Davis their conversation and transactions with Sudberry relative to the sale and purchase of the stock. K. & C. Dig., § 3403, only applies to parties to the record. 46 Ark. 306. Mere interest in the transaction or result does not disqualify. 63 Id. 556; 183 S. W. 187. , 2. It was error to admit in evidence the letter addressed to B. A. Lynch and the testimony of Lynch. It was incompetent and immaterial. 14 C. J., § 289; 71 Ark.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellant instituted this action in the circuit court of Mississippi County a,gainst the estate of J. G-. Sudbury, deceased, to recover the sum of one thousand dollars, alleged to be due on a stock subscription made by said decedent. The complaint was amended by interlineation so as to allege that said decedent executed and delivered to appellant a promissory note for said stock subscription and that the note had been lost, without having been paid. Besides other defenses, the executrix of decedent’s estate pleaded the statute of nonclaim. Kirby’s Digest, § 110, as amended by act of May 28,…
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