Holland v. Davies
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Chicot Circuit Court. Hou. T. E. Sorrells, Circuit Judge. Objection to notice not valid. Acts oj 1875, p. 77, sec. 69; Hodgkin v. Fry, 38 Ark., 716. "Want of proclamation did not vitiate. Hodgkin v. Fry, supra; The State v. Jones, 19 Tad., 356; People v. Cowles, 13 N. Y., 351. Nor closing of polls, without proof that some one was prevented thereby from voting.
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APPEAL from Chicot Circuit Court. Hou. T. E. Sorrells, Circuit Judge. Objection to notice not valid. Acts oj 1875, p. 77, sec. 69; Hodgkin v. Fry, 38 Ark., 716. "Want of proclamation did not vitiate. Hodgkin v. Fry, supra; The State v. Jones, 19 Tad., 356; People v. Cowles, 13 N. Y., 351. Nor closing of polls, without proof that some one was prevented thereby from voting. People v. Cook, 3 N. Y.; 4 Seld., 92. Failure to hold election at any other voting place, not ground of objection. The voters had the right to appoint judges. Acts 1874 and 1875, p. 94, sec. 5. Notice of time and place of…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This was a suit in equity by Joseph Davies, in behalf of himself and the other taxpayers of school district No. 9, in the county of Chicot, against Samuel H. Holland, the collector of taxes of said county, to enj.oin the collection of the school tax of said district. The complaint, in substance, alleged: That the plaintiff was the owner of real estate in the district; that, at the annual school meeting of the district, on the sixteenth day of August, 1879, the electors voted a school tax of five mills on the dollar, upon the taxable property of the district, and a return was made of the vote…
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