Mueller v. Coffman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court, First Division; B. E. Dudley, Judge; 1. The verdict is not supported by the evidence. There is no proof of the agreement by which Coffman was discharged from liability and that-Mueller became solely liable, or of the delivery to Mueller as collateral security of certain notes and mortgages. 130 Ark. 374. The evidence at least is vague and conjectural. Really the evidence shows that no notes and mortgages were transferred to Mueller.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court, First Division; B. E. Dudley, Judge; 1. The verdict is not supported by the evidence. There is no proof of the agreement by which Coffman was discharged from liability and that-Mueller became solely liable, or of the delivery to Mueller as collateral security of certain notes and mortgages. 130 Ark. 374. The evidence at least is vague and conjectural. Really the evidence shows that no notes and mortgages were transferred to Mueller. But the jury totally disregarded this evidence. 54 Ark. 214; 117 Id. 483; 118 Id. 349; 34 Id,. 632; lb. 640; 70 Id. 385. 2.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The parties to this litigation were among the principal stockholders in the Breckenridge Mercantile Company, a corporation doing business at Paragould, Arkansas, but which changed its name to the Mueller Mercantile Company, under which name it continued in business until its failure in 1911. The corporation had become heavily involved and its paper was maturing and the parties to this litigation had jointly endorsed the two notes herein sued on. This cause was tried upon the theory that Coffman was insisting that the mercantile company pay the notes; while Mueller insisted that the company…
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