Legal Opinion

Evans v. Boone

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 15, 1953No. 5-140PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wakd, Justice.

The only question for our decision is whether the Chancellor erred in allowing appellees (plaintiffs below) to take a nonsuit after they had completed their testimony and rested and after appellant’s motion to dismiss.

Since we affirm the indicated action of the Chancellor, it is unnecessary to discuss the merits of the other issues raised in the lower court, and so the following summary of the record will suffice as a background for the question under consideration.

Appellees filed a complaint in the lower court alleging, among other things, that: Mrs. Lizzie McCullough Evans…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. DresslerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  2. Raymond v. YoungSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
  3. Hall v. Chess & Wymond Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
  4. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. White Sewing Machine Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
  5. Watts v. WattsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Courtney Young v. Shelter Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2021
  2. Holiman v. DoversSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
  3. Holiman v. DoversSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963

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