Case Name: Edward L. Compton, plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas S. Palmer, defendant in error
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1835-07
Citations: 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 282
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward L. Compton, plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas S. Palmer, defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the United States Superior Court for the Territory of Arkansas, from 1820 to 1836
Volume: 1
Pages: 282–283

Head Matter:
Edward L. Compton, plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas S. Palmer, defendant in error.
A case improperly dismissed by the circuit court; and Boswell, administrator, v. Newton, (ante, p. 264,) cited and approved.
July, 1835.
— Error to Independence Circuit Court, determined before Benjamin Johnson and Archibald Yell, judges.

Opinion:
Opinion oe the Court. — This is a writ of error to the Independence circuit court, to reverse a decision made at the November term of that court, dismissing the cause, on the ground that it had been discontinued by operation of law.
Upon examination of the record, it is found, the same question is presented for consideration, as that determined at the last term of this court, in the case of James Boswell, administrator, v. M. D. Newton, (ante, p. 264,) which opinion the court has examined and fully approved.
The dismission of the cause for the reason set forth, was erroneous. ' Judgment reversed.