Ellison v. Oliver
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jm,o. E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. Appellants brought this suit in equity against appellees to restrain them from proceeding further in carrying out an alleged contract for the reprinting and binding of certain 'Supreme Court Reports. The facts are as follows: Appellants are citizens and taxpayers of the State of Arkansas.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jm,o. E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. Appellants brought this suit in equity against appellees to restrain them from proceeding further in carrying out an alleged contract for the reprinting and binding of certain 'Supreme Court Reports. The facts are as follows: Appellants are citizens and taxpayers of the State of Arkansas. The Legislature of 1917 passed act 226 providing for the reprinting and sale of certain Arkansas Supreme Court Reports. Pursuant to the act the Governor, the Auditor and the Secretary of State advertised for bids for the…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). The decree of the chancery court is sought to be reversed on the ground that the contract of the date of November 2, 1917, for reprinting certain volumes of the Arkansas Supreme Court Reports is a valid and binding contract and that the &ei¡ supplementary thereto, passed by the Legislature in 1919, was, in effect, an appropriation bill tO' pay the Calvert-McBride Printing Company for work done by it under the original contract. The correctness of the holding of the chancellor depends upon the construction to be given article 19, section 15, of the Constitution of…
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