Ex parte Anthony
Supreme Court of Arkansas
This was a writ of certiorari, issued by the order of one of the judges of this court in vacation, founded on the petition of Phillip L. Anthony, for the purpose of bringing into this court the proceedings and judgment of a justice of the pea.ce, to the end that, by the adjudication of this court, they might be revised and corrected, and be either affirmed or quashed.
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This was a writ of certiorari, issued by the order of one of the judges of this court in vacation, founded on the petition of Phillip L. Anthony, for the purpose of bringing into this court the proceedings and judgment of a justice of the pea.ce, to the end that, by the adjudication of this court, they might be revised and corrected, and be either affirmed or quashed. The return of the justice, to whom the writ was addressed,shows that a suit was instituted before him by William A. Dawdy against Phillip "L. Anthony, the petitioner in this case, founded on a certain instrument in the words and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Ring.0, C. J.
Upon the ease- thus shown, two principal questions arise. First, Is the instrument, upon which the action is founded, a change ticket, note, bill, or check, within the purview of either the statute approved February 14th, 1838, Rev. St. Ark. ch. 24, p. 176, or that approved 17th December, 1838, entitled “An act to prohibit the issuing of small bills* notes, or change tickets,” Acts 1838, page 13?
Second, Does the legislature possess the power of making the judgments of justices of the peace final?
These questions will be disposed of in the order in which they are…
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