Sparks v. Murray
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; A. E. Rowell, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee brought this suit to recover rent claimed to be due for certain premises in the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for fifteen months, at $75 per month, under the terms of a written lease.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; A. E. Rowell, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee brought this suit to recover rent claimed to be due for certain premises in the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for fifteen months, at $75 per month, under the terms of a written lease. Appellant answered, admitting the execution of the lease; that the notes given for the rent had not been paid, but alleged that the roof of the building was out of repair and leaked and that the appellee agreed to repair and fix it and attempted to do so, but that it leaked and rained through and damaged his stock…
1Opinion of the CourtKirby, J.
Appellee urges that the appeal was not taken within six months from the time of the rendition of the judgment and should on that account be dismissed.(1) The act approved February 17,1915, Act No. 62, shortening the time for taking appeals, does- not apply to this judgment rendered before its passage and said act did not become a law until ninety days after the adjournment of the Legislature which passed it, or in June after the appeal was taken in April. Rankin v. Schofield, 70 Ark. 83; Arkansas Tax Commission v. Moore, 103 Ark. 48, 145 S. W. 199.
The court erred in refusing appellant’s…
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