Bunting v. Tedford

Donis B. Hamilton, Special Justice.

This case involves an appeal from a decision of the Pulaski Circuit Court refusing to grant a writ of mandamus against appellees. The writ, if granted, would have required appellees to meet as a board pursuant to Ark. Stats. Ann. Section 84-444 (1960 Repl.) to fix a value on property reported by appellants as being non-assessed personal property. Appellants claimed a 10% statutory bounty for discovering the property.

The material facts are not in dispute. Appellants filed a sworn statement with the county clerk in which they alleged that sixteen banks and…