Carroll v. Schneider

I respectfully dissent. The controversy involved in this case has become moot, and the appeal, in my opinion, should be dismissed for that reason. “It is not the policy of our law with respect to litigated cases to decide questions which have ceased to be an issue by reason of facts having intervened rendering their decision of no practical application to the controversy between the litigants.” Quellmalz Lumber & Manufacturing Company v. Day, 132 Ark. 469, 201 S. W. 125. In the case of Kays v. Boyd, 145 Ark. 303, 224 S. W. 617, we said: “In a case note to Ann. Cas. 1912C, at page 247, it is…