Legal Opinion
Tomlin v. Reynolds Mining Corp.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 14, 1959No. 5-1989PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from the order of the Chancery Court refusing a new trial. The claimed ground for the new trial was: “Accident or surprise which ordinary prudence could not have guarded against” (being the third cause stated in § 27-1901 Ark. Stats.). Appellants say that the accident was the inability to obtain the transcribed testimony of the witnesses.
A decree adverse to the appellants was rendered by the Sebastian Chancery Court, Greenwood District, on December 17, 1958. Notice of appeal1 was filed in the Chancery Court on January 7, 1959, and the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Reynolds v. RomanoSupreme Court of Vermont · 1922
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3Cited by2 opinions
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