Remmel v. Griffin
Decision Date | 07 January 1907 |
Citation | 99 S.W. 70,81 Ark. 269 |
Parties | REMMEL v. GRIFFIN |
Court | Arkansas Supreme Court |
Appeal from Sevier Circuit Court; James S. Steel, Judge; reversed.
Reversed and remanded.
Otis T Wingo, for appellant.
It is admitted that the appellee was of sound mind and business ability, and was able to read and write with ease. It was his duty to examine the policy on receiving it, or within a reasonable time thereafter. Failing therein, he must abide the consequences of his own negligence. 31 Ark. 170; 7 Ark 167; 30 Ark. 686; 11 Ark. 58; 26 Ark. 28; 19 Ark. 522; 22 Ark. 244.
This is an action on a note executed by W. A. Griffin to R. M. Carter, or order, for the sum of $ 78.96, on the second day of September, 1903, and due on the first day of December, 1903, and transferred by Carter to H. L. Remmel. The action was brought by Remmel against Griffin.
The defendant, answering, admitted the execution of the note, but alleged that it was given in payment of the first year's premium on a policy of insurance, and that the policy delivered was not such as that for which he contracted.
In the trial before a jury the defendant testified as follows:
The court instructed the jury over the objection of the plaintiff as follows:
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