Warden v. Middleton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court, Eastern District; J. 8. Maples, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellees sued appellants on a promissory note alleged to have been given them for the purchase price of a jack. Appellants’ answer admitted the execution of the note, and that it was given for the purchase price of the jack.
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Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court, Eastern District; J. 8. Maples, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellees sued appellants on a promissory note alleged to have been given them for the purchase price of a jack. Appellants’ answer admitted the execution of the note, and that it was given for the purchase price of the jack. They allege that they were induced to purchase the jack from appellees by reason of false and fraudulent representations of the appellee, J. V. Middleton, that he would warrant that the jack would get only black and bay colts. Appellants also allege that appellant, Inez…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts): It is first contended by counsel for appellees that the judgment should be affirmed because the hill of exceptions does not affirmatively show that it contains all of the evidence. The bill of exceptions recites the following: “The plaintiffs to sustain their cause, introduced the following evidence: (Then follows the testimony of plaintiffs’ witnesses.)” It then recites: “The plaintiffs here close their case, and the defendants, to sustain the issue on their part, introduced the following evidence;” and, after setting out the testimony of the witnesses for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Winter v. BandelSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1875
- Mitchell v. YoungSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Thomas v. HinkleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1880
- Leggett v. GrimmettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1880
- Overman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
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