Fort Smith Iron & Steel Mills v. Southern Round Bale Press Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Paul Little, Judge; 1. The verdict for punitive damages is contrary'to the law and the evidence.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Paul Little, Judge; 1. The verdict for punitive damages is contrary'to the law and the evidence. There was no evidence to justify such a judgment. 80 Ark. 260; 96 S. "W. 1067. 2. A verdict of any kind against the Fort Smith Iron & Steel Mills is also contrary to both the law and the evidence. 3. Julia Arnold was not liable at all and was entitled to a verdict. 4. The court erred in not sustaining the demurrer, or special plea to the jurisdiction. Defendant was a foreign corporation and could not be sued in Arkansas. Kirby’s Dig., § §…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This suit was brought by appellee, a Delaware corporation, against appellant, a corporation under the laws of Oklahoma, for the conversion of one of its round bale presses at Spiro, Oklahoma. The press was not in operation at the time of the conversion but had been dismantled and was in storage. Appellant Joseph W. Arnold and Julia A. Arnold, his wife, who were president and secretary, respectively, of the defendant corporation, were sued individually, as was also one A. P. Walker, an employee of the defendant corporation, to which reference will hereafter be made as the defendant.
Paul Jones,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Railway v. HallSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1890
- Fort Smith Lumber Co. v. ShacklefordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Barlow v. LowderSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1880
- Clark v. BalesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1855
- Lesser Cotton Co. v. YatesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
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