Legal Opinion
Marlatt v. Scantland ad.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 15, 1858PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court. Hon. Charles W. Adams Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Hon. F. W. Compton, Special Judge,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This was a bill filed on the chancery side of the Phillips Circuit Court, by James Marlatt against Edward P. Scantland, as administrator de bonis non of William ierby deceased. On demurrer, the Court below dismissed the bill for want of equity, and the complainant appealed to this court.
The bill alleges that Yerby and Marlatt, on the 1st January, 1847, entered into an agreement to cultivate in co-partnership, a plantation in Phillips county; that the co-partnership was to continue until the 1st January, 1855, unless sooner…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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3Cited by7 opinions
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