Seitz v. Meriwether
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greene 'Chancery Court; Charles D. Frierson, Judge; 1. The court had no jurisdiction to adjust the accounts ; that was a matter for the hoard of directors of the district. 5 Pom. Eq. Jur., § ■§ 342, 346. The hoard of directors are not shown to have been guilty of any illegal, wrongful or dishonest official .acts.
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Appeal from Greene 'Chancery Court; Charles D. Frierson, Judge; 1. The court had no jurisdiction to adjust the accounts ; that was a matter for the hoard of directors of the district. 5 Pom. Eq. Jur., § ■§ 342, 346. The hoard of directors are not shown to have been guilty of any illegal, wrongful or dishonest official .acts. No fraud is shown. 106 Ark. 310. There was no misappropriation of funds or illegal payments. 114 Ark. 289. • 2. Ancillary or alternative relief in equity can not he granted unless the hill states an equitable cause of ¡action and is established by the proof. The…
1Opinion of the CourtHast, J.
By special Act No. 172, passed by the General Assembly of 1905, a levee and drainage district to be 'composed of certain designated territory in Clay and Greene Counties, was established. See Acts of 1905, page 429.
The directors were appointed .and the district was duly established in accordance with the terms of the act. The directors then proceeded with the construction of the improvement.
In June, 1912, two of the directors of the district and certain taxpayers within the district instituted a suit in chancery court (against the remaining directors and against A. V. Wills & Son, with whom a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Goodrum v. Merchants & Planters BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Trapnall v. HillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1876
- Seitz v. MeriwetherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Dyer v. JacowaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
- Bagnell Tie & Timber Co. v. GoodrichSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
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