Scatchard v. Barge

The defendant in error recovered a verdict and judgment in the Circuit Court of Shelby County against Scatchard & Son for the sum of $1,659.18 for the towage of certain logs from Westover and Lake Jefferson, Arkansas, to Memphis, Tenn. Scatchard & Son appealed and have assigned errors.

*283The declaration contained two counts, viz., one for breach of contract, and the other the common count. Scatchard & Son pleaded the general issue.' The defendant introduced evidence tending to show that the logs in question originally belonged to one John Blackwell, who sold them to the Williams Sawmill & Lumber…