Dreyfus v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. Charles W. Smith, Judge. S. J. Roberts brought suit in equity against S. G. Dreyfus & Company, and R. L- Searcy, their attorney, and W. H. Baker, the sheriff of Lafayette County, to enjoin them from proceeding to sell certain personal property levied upon and advertised for sale, •under a certain execution issued on a judgment in favor of S. G. Dreyfus & Company against plaintiff, claiming that said judgment had been settled.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. Charles W. Smith, Judge. S. J. Roberts brought suit in equity against S. G. Dreyfus & Company, and R. L- Searcy, their attorney, and W. H. Baker, the sheriff of Lafayette County, to enjoin them from proceeding to sell certain personal property levied upon and advertised for sale, •under a certain execution issued on a judgment in favor of S. G. Dreyfus & Company against plaintiff, claiming that said judgment had been settled. The chancellor found the following state of facts: 1. That on July 30, 1896, S. G. Dreyfus & Company obtained judgment against…
1Opinion of the CourtHire, C. J.
In 1896 Dreyfus & Company obtained a judgment against Roberts for $1,621 and interest. In 1900 Dreyfus turned the debt, evidenced by this judgment, to a collection agency for collection, with authority to compromise. The collection agency proposed to Roberts to accept $200 in cash, if at once remitted, in full discharge of the whole debt. Roberts was living in Lafayette County, Ark. He was unable to raise the money, and applied to his mother to assist him. She did not have the money, but had credit, and borrowed two hundred dollars from a gentleman in Texarkana, who drew a check on a bank in…
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