Legal Opinion

Johnson, Administrator v. Rolf

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 19, 1945No. 4-7153PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

■Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

We are asked to reverse tke Chancellor’s finding that certain writings were not the voluntary acts of appellee; that their terms should not be enforced as contracts because appellee was overreached when his signature was procured in circumstances rendering the transaction unconscionable.

When suit was filed in mid-1942, payments aggregating $3,350 had been made for legal services it is contended had originally been evaluated at $1,000 cash.

The controversy leads back to the act of Few York Life Insurance Company in discontinuing disability benefit payments…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thweatt v. FreemanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  2. Norfleet v. StewartSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929
  3. Perry County Bank v. RankinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Chavis v. MartinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
  2. Gordy v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
  3. Tri-County Drainage Dist. v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956

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