Davis v. H. B. Claflin Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court in Chancery, Fort Smith District. Fdgar F. Bryant, Judg-e. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. H. B. Claflin Company brought suit against the Holmes Dry Goods Company, of Fort Smith, in this state, for $28,333.34, for which amount H. B. Claflin Company held the promissory notes, eight in number, of the Holmes Dry Goods Company, which had been transferred to it in due course of trade, before maturity, by one Daughaday.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court in Chancery, Fort Smith District. Fdgar F. Bryant, Judg-e. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. H. B. Claflin Company brought suit against the Holmes Dry Goods Company, of Fort Smith, in this state, for $28,333.34, for which amount H. B. Claflin Company held the promissory notes, eight in number, of the Holmes Dry Goods Company, which had been transferred to it in due course of trade, before maturity, by one Daughaday. H. B. Claflin Company sued out an attachment in said suit, and had it levied upon the stock of goods of the Holmes Dry Goods Company, at Fort Smith,…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughejs, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Are the interveners entitled to the relief thejr ask, that is, that H. B. Claflin Company be postponed to them in the distribution of the balance of funds, proceeds of the sale of the goods of the Holmes Dry Goods Company in the hands of the sheriff? Can they be heard ito complain, inasmuch as the Holmes Dry Goods Company made no defense, and does not complain ?
At the time of the execution of the notes, which are the basis of the suit of H. B. Claflin Company v. Holmes Dry Goods Company, and the date of the institution of this suit, and the issuance of…
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