Rison v. Farr
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Pulaski Circuit Court. lion. LibeRtt Bartlett, Circuit Judge. ^ In construing the constitution in reference to the qualifications of electors, the intention of the convention may well be inquired into; and the intention of the convention not to confine, absolutely, the qualifications to those enumerated in the constitution may well be inferred from the fact that, in an election directed by the convention, other qualifications were prescribed.
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Error to Pulaski Circuit Court. lion. LibeRtt Bartlett, Circuit Judge. ^ In construing the constitution in reference to the qualifications of electors, the intention of the convention may well be inquired into; and the intention of the convention not to confine, absolutely, the qualifications to those enumerated in the constitution may well be inferred from the fact that, in an election directed by the convention, other qualifications were prescribed. Sec. 2, article IV, State Constitution. Also, Schedule to Constitution, sec. 1. It is submitted that all persons proscribed by the act —…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice YoNley
This was an action on the case, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error in the Pulaski circuit court, at the September term, A. D. 1865. ’
The declaration alleges that John W. Bison, Bichard Bragg and Gilbert Knapp were, on the 9th day of October, A. D. 1865, at the county of Pulaski, duly appointed, qualified and acting judges of an election held according tq law, at the market-house precinct, in the city of Little Bock, in the county of Pulaski, on said 9th day of October, A. D. 1865, for a member of the 39th congress of the United States, in and for the second…
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