Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Tate, Mayor
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 1, 1946No. 4-7996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GeiffiN Smith, Chief Justice.
The question is whether bonds Mulberry proposes to issue are valid: or, rather, whether matters of which complaint is made deprive municipal officials of power to execute the securities.
Mulberry was incorporated in 1880. October 2,1945, its Council passed Ordinance No. 78, calling an election under Act 211 of 1939, the issue being whether the town should be advanced to a City of the Second Class. Notice was published in out-of-town newspapers, there being none in Mulberry. The Mayor also caused notices to be posted. November 6, 96 votes were cast in favor of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Snodgrass v. PocahontasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
- McCutchen v. Siloam SpringsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932
- City of Harrison v. BraswellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
- Bd. of Improvement of Gravette Waterworks Improvement District v. CarmanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Cotten v. HughesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
3Cited by4 opinions
- ELAINE G. LORILLARD, Appellant v. LOUIS L. LORILLARDCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Luther v. GowerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
- City of Melbourne v. BillingsleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
- Luther v. GowerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961