Hendrix v. Morris
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court; Thos. C. Trim-tie, Judge; 1. The directors and treasurer had no authority to expend the money. 192 8. W. 949. 2. Having exceeded their authority they are personally liable. 52 Ark. 541; 7 L. R. A. 180; 83 Ark. 275; 56 Id. 205; 123 Id. 255; 103 Id. 529; 25 Id. 318; 30 Id. 248. The defendants were not personally liable. They acted in good faith and were not liable for mere errors of judgment. 94 Ark. 583; 95 111. 263; 35 Am.
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Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court; Thos. C. Trim-tie, Judge; 1. The directors and treasurer had no authority to expend the money. 192 8. W. 949. 2. Having exceeded their authority they are personally liable. 52 Ark. 541; 7 L. R. A. 180; 83 Ark. 275; 56 Id. 205; 123 Id. 255; 103 Id. 529; 25 Id. 318; 30 Id. 248. The defendants were not personally liable. They acted in good faith and were not liable for mere errors of judgment. 94 Ark. 583; 95 111. 263; 35 Am. Rep. 164; 38 Me. 279; 61 Am. Dec. 258; Cooley on Torts, 411; 110 Ark. 515; 52 Id. 546; 35 Cyc. 910, 911; 25 Kan. 662; 71 Mo. 62.
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
The question on this appeal is whether or not the appellees, school directors of England Special School District and the treasurer of Lonoke County are individually liable to the district for money, which the treasurer paid out of funds belonging to the district, on warrants drawn by the directors to pay for the purchasing, maintaining, and operating an automobile truck in conveying school children to -and from the public schools at England, Lonoke County, Arkansas.(1) In Hendrix v. Morris, 127 Ark. 222, 225, we held that the directors of this district and the treasurer had no authority to…
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