Gipson v. Crawfis

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

On May 2, 1955, appellant, for the benefit of himself as a taxpayer and for all taxpayers of Arkansas, instituted in the Chancery Court of Pulaski- County Suit No. 102404 against Dr. E. H. Crawfis, Superintendent of the Arkansas State Hospital, K. W. Newman and W. E. Lester, as disbursing officers of the Hospital, and the Standard Accident Insurance Company, as surety for Newman and Lester. The charges against the appellees, as gathered from the pleadings and the admitted facts, may be stated as set out below. Crawfis, as Superintendent of the Hospital, unlawfully…