Buster v. Mann
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Cleveland Circuit Court in Chancery. Marcus L. Hawkins, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. 35. W. Farrar, being the owner of saw and planing mills and land upon which they were located and other property used in operating the mill, gave to Mann, Moon & Company a mortgage upon the whole property to secure a debt of about $8,000. Farrar was also indebted to other persons, and on the 3d day of October, 1895, he made a general assignment, conveying to W. J. Bunn, as…
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Appeal from Cleveland Circuit Court in Chancery. Marcus L. Hawkins, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. 35. W. Farrar, being the owner of saw and planing mills and land upon which they were located and other property used in operating the mill, gave to Mann, Moon & Company a mortgage upon the whole property to secure a debt of about $8,000. Farrar was also indebted to other persons, and on the 3d day of October, 1895, he made a general assignment, conveying to W. J. Bunn, as assignee, all his property, both real and personal, for the benefit of his creditors. The assignee took possession of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts). This case comes before us on appeal from a decree overruling exceptions to a report of a receiver and distributing the assets in his hands. The questions arising on the exceptions were heard by the chancellor partly on evidence taken orally at the bar of the court, which was after-wards brought on record by a bill of exception. It is contended by appellee that this evidence should not be received, for it is said that it was taken orally under an agreement that it should be reduced to writing and submitted to the. attorney for appellee, and, after being…
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