Hawkins v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Writ of error to the circuit court of Pulaski county. Action of assumpsit, by Watkins against Hawkins. A bill or draft payable in Arkansas bank notes, assigned to Watkins, and accepted by Hawkins, was made the basis of the original action.
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Writ of error to the circuit court of Pulaski county. Action of assumpsit, by Watkins against Hawkins. A bill or draft payable in Arkansas bank notes, assigned to Watkins, and accepted by Hawkins, was made the basis of the original action. The plaintiff obtained judgment in the Pulaski circuit court in November, 1840, and the judgment was reversed, by this court, on the grounds that such an instrument was not assignable, and could not be made the basis of an action against the acceptor. ¿See Hawkins vs. Watkins, 5 Ark. Re/p. 481. The cause was again determined at the May term, 1845, before E.…
1Opinion of the Court
Macuxn
delivered the opinion of the court.
This v^as an action of assumpsit instituted by Watkins against Hawkins in the circuit court of Pulaski county at the September term IS 40, upon an accepted order, for the sura' of four hundred; dollars in Arkansas money of the Fayetteville branch, and upon which he obtained judgment by default. The case was subsequently brought into this court by writ'of error, and the judgment of the circuit court reversed. Afterwards, at the May term, 1845, of the circuit court, Watkins asked ahd obtained leave to file his amended declaration, and the defendant moved…
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