J. R. Watkins Medical Co. v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Gfreene Circuit Court; W. J. Driver, Judge; 1. The business was interstate and not subject to local legislation. 115 Ark. 166; 124 Id. 539; 156 Fed. 1; 22 Mont. 100; 53 Wis. 517. 2. Applying the decisions of Missouri to the facts, the appellant’s objections to evidence extraneous to the contract should have been sustained. 168 S. W. 290; 181 Id. 604; 175 Id. 917. 3. The Missouri law, if applicable, is not enforceable in Arkansas, being a penal law. 122 Ark. 451;…
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Appeal from Gfreene Circuit Court; W. J. Driver, Judge; 1. The business was interstate and not subject to local legislation. 115 Ark. 166; 124 Id. 539; 156 Fed. 1; 22 Mont. 100; 53 Wis. 517. 2. Applying the decisions of Missouri to the facts, the appellant’s objections to evidence extraneous to the contract should have been sustained. 168 S. W. 290; 181 Id. 604; 175 Id. 917. 3. The Missouri law, if applicable, is not enforceable in Arkansas, being a penal law. 122 Ark. 451; 70 Id. 493. 4. Johnson’s agency was submitted upon incompetent evidence and improper instructions. Even granting that…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellant is a Minnesota corporation domiciled at the city of Winona, in that State, where it is engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling medicines, extracts and certain other articles, and it entered into a contract with appellee Johnson, who was a citizen of the State of Missouri, for the sale of its manufactured articles. The contract provided that appellant was “to sell and deliver to the party of the second part (appellee Johnson) free on board cars, at Winona, Minnesota, or at its option, at any of the regular places of shipment, any and all medicines, extracts and other…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Clark v. J. R. Watkins Medical Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- J. R. Watkins Medical Co. v. HollowayMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Howcott v. KilbournSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
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- Dodd v. Axle-Nut Sign Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
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