Legal Opinion
Arkansas Short Line v. Bellars
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 30, 1928PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Two suits were filed in the circuit court of Poinsett County, one by Ollie Bellars and.J. J. Bellars, husband of Ollie Bellars, the other by Jennie Tankersley and her husband, Thomas Tankersley. The two cases were consolidated and tried as one case. There was a verdict for each of the women plaintiffs for $5,500 and a verdict against the husbands. Motion for new trial was filed by defendants, overruled, and appeals taken.
The Tankersley case has been settled, and there is now only the case of Mrs. Bellars to be decided.
The plaintiff alleged, in substance, that she was in • good health and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. ChatmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Arkansas & Louisiana Railway Co. v. SainSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Knight v. Farmers' & Merchants' Gin Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
- Mason v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. PayneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Reed v. Baldwin, Trustees, Missouri Pac. Ry.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1936
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