Legal Opinion

Murphy v. Citizens' Bank

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 3, 1907PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from Union Chancery Court; Bmon 0. Mahoney, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. . The appellant filed the following motion in the Union Chancery Court: I “Comes Guy Murphy, receiver, and moves the court to amend the record of this court, as follows: “To show at page 540 of Chancery Record “F” that on January 24, 1905, the chancery court adjourned until January 30, 1905, instead of February 27, 1905, as now appears.

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Appeal from Union Chancery Court; Bmon 0. Mahoney, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. . The appellant filed the following motion in the Union Chancery Court: I “Comes Guy Murphy, receiver, and moves the court to amend the record of this court, as follows: “To show at page 540 of Chancery Record “F” that on January 24, 1905, the chancery court adjourned until January 30, 1905, instead of February 27, 1905, as now appears. “To show the date at the top of the page 541 of said record to be January 30, 1905, instead of February 27, 1905, as now appears. “To show the date at top of page 542 to be…

1Opinion of the Court

Wood, J„

(after stating the facts). The testimony shows conclusively that the dates of the decree of the .chancery court in controversy here had been changed. The uncontroverted evidence also is that the original entry of the date was in ink, and that this entry was erased, and a pencil entry made. The original record, showing the change in the date of the entry and in what the change consisted, is not before the court, but witness Floyd testified, and there is no contradiction of his evidence, that “January has been changed to February,” that “you can distinctly trace the capital ‘J’ and also…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McGuigan v. GainesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
  2. Goerke v. RodgersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  3. Davenport v. HudspethSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
  4. Foster v. BeidlerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Rowe v. AllisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  2. Mitchell Shaw v. the Fed. Land Bk. of St. LouisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  3. Midyett v. KerbySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
  4. Brooks v. BakerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
  5. Rachels v. Stecher Cooperage WorksSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910

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