Beshear v. Ripling

David Newbern, Justice.

The appellant, Sanford L. Beshear, Jr., filed a complaint alleging that he was a resident and taxpayer of Rison, Cleveland County, Arkansas. He alleged that one of the appellees, Ronnie A. Phillips, a resident of Dallas County, Arkansas, had been illegally made municipal judge of Rison and Cleveland County. The other appellees, who, along with Mr. Phillips, were defendants, included the mayor, city clerk, and city council members of the City of Rison and the members of the Cleveland County Quorum Court. Most of the thirty-four paragraphs of the complaint were devoted to…