Whaley v. Vannatta
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; George M. Chatline, Judge; statement by the court. J. O. Vannatta, a farmer .of Monroe County, sold seven carloads of hay to J. F. Whaley, a dealer in hay at Stuttgart, Ark. The hay was delivered in 'cars at Roe, Arkansas, the nearest station to the home of Vannatta. Afterwards Whaley paid Vannatta $349.48 on the purchase price, and gave him a statement showing a balance of $131.88 due.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; George M. Chatline, Judge; statement by the court. J. O. Vannatta, a farmer .of Monroe County, sold seven carloads of hay to J. F. Whaley, a dealer in hay at Stuttgart, Ark. The hay was delivered in 'cars at Roe, Arkansas, the nearest station to the home of Vannatta. Afterwards Whaley paid Vannatta $349.48 on the purchase price, and gave him a statement showing a balance of $131.88 due. Afterwards Whaley claimed that the hay had proved to be of an inferior quality, that his customers to whom he had sold it had rejected it; and he refused to pay the balance…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal by the defendant from the judgment against him for balance due for the price of hay sold him by plaintiff. The evidence tends very strongly to show that the hay was of an inferior quality, but there is conflict in the evidence on that point, and we see no reason for disturbing the judgment on that ground.
The court, we think, did not err in refusing to allow the defendant to exhibit to the jury two bales of the hay which defendant claimed was a part of the carload of the hay he had sold to Fagan & Underwood of Stuttgart, and shipped by…
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