State Ex Rel. Latta v. Marianna

The State of Arkansas on the relation of B. F. Latta, the appellant, filed its petition for mandamus in the Lee County Circuit Court, which petition, after alleging that Marianna was a city of the first class, that certain named persons were the mayor and aldermen of said city, that the petitioner, Latta, was a taxpayer of the city and an owner of valuable property fronting on Main Street, which was one of the principal thoroughfares and business districts of Marianna running east and west, and bisected by Poplar Street, which streets, with their sidewalks, had been public streets for more…