Teague v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; Geo. R. Haynie, Judge; 1. Defendant’s refusal to dip his cattle was not wilful ; the county agent, though requested, failed to visit the vats nearest his home or give instructions as to preparing the dipping mixture; the vats in the neighborhood had been blown up and in some instances the mixture was poisonous and cattle injured and he was afraid to dip without some protection of the county agent, who refused to visit the vats and furnish…
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; Geo. R. Haynie, Judge; 1. Defendant’s refusal to dip his cattle was not wilful ; the county agent, though requested, failed to visit the vats nearest his home or give instructions as to preparing the dipping mixture; the vats in the neighborhood had been blown up and in some instances the mixture was poisonous and cattle injured and he was afraid to dip without some protection of the county agent, who refused to visit the vats and furnish protection; the court also refused the instructions asked by defendant. Our Constitution does not permit the Legislature to…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The charge against appellant is the failure to dip his cattle in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Control of the Agricultural Experiment Station for the eradication of ticks. It was proved at the trial below that appellant failed to dip his cattle, and he admitted it, but contended that his refusal to do so was not wilful and that he was justified in failing to dip on the ground that the agent of tick eradication inspector of the county failed on request to come to the dipping vat nearest appellant’s home for the purpose of giving instructions about…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ashcraft v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
3Cited by1 opinion
- Parker v. NicholasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931