Skinner v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court; J. B. Baker, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee sued appellant, alleging, in substance, that appellant owned a certain electric light and ice plant in Pocahontas; that on the.8th day of November, 1912, appellant and appellee entered into a verbal executory agreement whereby appellant was to sell, and appellee to buy, the plant for the sum of $10,500, it being understood that appellant would do certain things, to wit, furnish a…
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Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court; J. B. Baker, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee sued appellant, alleging, in substance, that appellant owned a certain electric light and ice plant in Pocahontas; that on the.8th day of November, 1912, appellant and appellee entered into a verbal executory agreement whereby appellant was to sell, and appellee to buy, the plant for the sum of $10,500, it being understood that appellant would do certain things, to wit, furnish a certified copy of the ordinance allowing the maintenance and operation.of the system and recording a trustee’s deed and…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). Appellant contends that there was no mutuality between the appellant and the appellee concerning the verbal executory contract for a sale of the electric light- plant; that such verbal contract was impossible of performance on account of certain conditions imposed by the appellee upon the appellant under the terms of that contract. Appellant also contends that this verbal contract was concerning the sale of real estate, and was therefore void under the statute of frauds. But these questions are not germane to this suit, for this is not a suit to enforce the…
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- Hamburg Bank v. AhrensSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
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