Arnold v. Northeast Arkansas Planning & Consulting Co.

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

For almost five years, Sharp County, through its elected officials, has resisted paying a $15,000 claim by the Northeast Arkansas Planning and Consulting Company. In June of 1980, we upheld a jury verdict against the county for $15,000. Sharp County v. Northeast Planning & Consulting Company, 269 Ark. 336, 602 S.W. 629 (1980). But the county still refused to pay.

The trial court issued a writ of mandamus to the county judge, Frank Arnold, and six members of the quorum court to take the necessary steps to pay the judgment. They refused, were held in contempt of court…