Benton v. Thompson

John R. Thompson, as a resident, citizen and taxpayer of Lonoke County, Arkansas, brought this suit for the use and benefit of Lonoke County.

R. O. Benton, the appellant, is the regularly elected, qualified and acting sheriff of Lonoke County, Arkansas.

It was alleged in the complaint that the appellant was justly indebted to the county of Lonoke in the sum of $6,300, the same being occasioned as follows:

Act 173 of the Special Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas for the year 1919 fixed the salary of the sheriff of Lonoke County at the sum of $4,000 per year, and required that…