Legal Opinion
Campbell v. Arkansas State Hospital
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 4, 1957No. 5-1360PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sam Eobinson, Associate Justice.
This is a suit for a declaratory judgment, the issue being whether a .county is required by law to reimburse tbe State Hospital for necessary maintenance for persons charged with a criminal offense who have been committed to the hospital by the circuit court for a mental examination. The Circuit Court held that the County is liable for such maintenance, and the County Judge has appealed.
Initiated Act 3 of 1936 authorizes the circuit court to send to the State Hospital for mental examinations persons Avho have been charged with a crime and are awaiting trial.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Hogue v. the Housing Auth. of North Little RockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1940
- Carson v. St. Francis Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Little Rock v. North Little RockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- Polk County v. Mena Star Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Venhaus v. State ex rel. LoftonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
- Mears v. Arkansas State HospitalSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Kelley v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
- Board of Trustees, Univ. of Ark. v. Pulaski CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
- Walsh v. CampbellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966
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