McKnight v. Newkirk

Conley Byrd, Justice.

The issue here is whether a person prosecuted in a Mayor’s court for violation of a municipal ordinance is entitled to take a change of venue under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 22-725 (Repl. 1962), to a municipal court. Appellee Charles Newkirk, who was charged in the mayor’s court of West Fork, Arkansas, with violation of a zoning ordinance, obtained a writ of mandamus in the circuit court to compel appellant, J. N. McKnight, mayor of West Fork, to transfer the venue to the Fayetteville Municipal Court. We agree with appellant that the trial court erroneously interpreted the…