Dillard v. Noel
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Pulaski Circuit Court. This was an action of debt, instituted by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court of Pulaski county.
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Error to Pulaski Circuit Court. This was an action of debt, instituted by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court of Pulaski county. The declaration contained three counts, upon three several writings •obligatory for the sum of $187, each, of which the defendant below prayed oyer, which was granted by exhibiting the originals, and filing a true copy with a statement signed by the attorney for the plaintiff that upon the first writing was endorsed a credit of one hundred and twenty-five dollars; and upon the last a credit of one hundred dollars. The defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtRingo, Chief Justice
That all of the courls of this State derive the whole of their jurisdiction from the Constitution, and statutes passed in conformity with the provisions thereof, is a proposition which, in our judgment cannot be denied, for they arc all created, or their creation specially provided for by the Constitution; and their respective jurisdiction is, in many respects, expressly defined and limited by the same instrument; yet, in some respects, it is subjected to the control of the Legislature, and may be, fiom time to time, distributed by statute, according to the will of that department, among thé…
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