Willis v. Crumbly

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant, Representative Arnell Willis, appeals from an order of the St. Francis County Circuit Court, which dismissed his complaint for failure to join necessary and indispensable parties. On appeal, Willis raises two points: (1) the circuit court erred in finding that the office of state senator is a “state office” and further erred in finding that Arkansas Code Annotated § 7-5-801 (Repl. 2000), was inapplicable to this post-election contest; (2) the circuit court erred in ruling that Willis’s complaint lacked necessary and indispensable parties and was, therefore,…