Carrier v. Beck

Minor W. Millwee, Associate Justice.

This is a contest in which each party has avidly avoided a hearing on the merits and sought instead to outmaneuver the other in the pleadings. It now appears that appellee has won the final skirmish.

On June 7,1955, appellant, W. H. Carrier, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash an order of the Crittenden County Court purporting to remove bim from office as a commissioner of Road Improvement District No. 7. Appellant alleged he was the duly appointed, qualified and acting commissioner and that the removal order entered by appellee, Milton B..…