Bentley v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. This was an action of debt commenced in the court below by appellant’s intestate against the appellees.
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Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. This was an action of debt commenced in the court below by appellant’s intestate against the appellees. The declaration was filed to March Term, 1833, and alleged that the defendant had executed his writing obligatory to the plaintiff, for four hundred and five dollars, with a breach that he had « pot paid the aforesaid sum of four hundred and five dollars, according to the tenor and effect of said writing obligatory, nor any part thereof, nor the interest thereon, nor any part thereof, though often requested.” The defendant appeared, and at the September…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, Judge
This was an action of debt brought by George Bentley, in his lifetime, against the defendant, in the Conway Circuit Court, at the March Term,. 1838. The suit was revived in the name of Eli Bentley, as executor of George Bentley deceased. After its revival, it appears from the record that the Executor filed an amended declaration in the name of George Bentley.
The defendant also filed a general demurrer, which was sustained by the court, and judgment entered thereon; from which the plaintiff has prosecuted an appeal to this court. The record presents but one question for our consideration, and…
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