Hobbs v. Bolz Cooperage Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crittenden Cirenit Court; R. H. Dudley, Judg-e; 1. The court had no jurisdiction. The suit was was brought in Crittenden County and the mules were in St. Francis County. Kirby’s Digest, § 7512; 63 Ark. 30; 101 Id. 142. 2. It was error to admit in evidence the first mortgage of appellees as a foundation of the suit. 73 Ark. 589. 3. A directed verdict should have been given for appellants as the evidence was uncontradicted in favor of appellants.
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Appeal from Crittenden Cirenit Court; R. H. Dudley, Judg-e; 1. The court had no jurisdiction. The suit was was brought in Crittenden County and the mules were in St. Francis County. Kirby’s Digest, § 7512; 63 Ark. 30; 101 Id. 142. 2. It was error to admit in evidence the first mortgage of appellees as a foundation of the suit. 73 Ark. 589. 3. A directed verdict should have been given for appellants as the evidence was uncontradicted in favor of appellants. The general clause in the mortgage was intended to cover and did cover all the stock J. A. Gill owned, and the description is sufficiently…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellee sued appellants Hobbs and Horsley in the circuit court of Crittenden County for the possession of six mules, claiming title to the property under two chattel mortgages executed by one Gill, and an order of delivery was issued at the commencement of the action and the property was taken thereunder by the sheriff. The process in the action is not incorporated in the transcript, but appellants filed a demurrer in which they alleged that they were nonresidents of Crittenden County, that they were summoned by warning order and that the order of delivery was executed in St. Francis County.…
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