Greenspan v. Miller
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fullt, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This action was commenced before a justice of the peace by J. E. Miller against Abner Greenspan to recover commissions claimed to have been earned by the former on the sale of certain Edison business phonographs, for which the defendant was general agent.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fullt, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This action was commenced before a justice of the peace by J. E. Miller against Abner Greenspan to recover commissions claimed to have been earned by the former on the sale of certain Edison business phonographs, for which the defendant was general agent. On appeal to the circuit court, the case was tried before the court sitting as a jury upon substantially the following facts: The defendant, Abner Greenspan, was general agent for the sale of Edison business phonographs and supplies in certain…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). In the case of Blass v. Lee, 55 Ark. 329, the court said: “In trying this issue no declaration of law was made or refused, and the court is, therefore, presumed to have acted upon correct views of the legal principles applicable to the facts. The finding of the trial judge is as conclusive as if it were the verdict of a jury, and there is no such lack of evidence to support it as would justify us in setting it aside.”
The question, then, presented to us by this appeal is whether or not there is any evidence to support the finding of the court in favor of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Branch v. MooreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Blass v. LeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Addressograph Co. v. Office Appliance Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Murray v. MillerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Thomas v. WestbrookSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
- Bodine v. Penn Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Silbernagel v. Hirsch Distilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
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