Sumpter v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The subject-matter of this action is an allowance made by the county court of Garland County to M. J. Murphy for work and materials alleged to have been done and furnished by him for the plumbing and heating of the county jail. Appellee, as a citizen and taxpayer of Garland County, duly prosecuted an appeal from the order of allowance to the circuit court.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The subject-matter of this action is an allowance made by the county court of Garland County to M. J. Murphy for work and materials alleged to have been done and furnished by him for the plumbing and heating of the county jail. Appellee, as a citizen and taxpayer of Garland County, duly prosecuted an appeal from the order of allowance to the circuit court. After hearing the evidence, the circuit court rendered the following judgment: “Now on this day, this cause having heretofore been submitted to the court, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). Sec. 1493 of Kirby’s Digest provides that when appeals are prosecuted -in the circuit or Supreme Court, the judge of the county court shall defend the same. This court has held that this includes the right to take an appeal. Ex parte Morton, 69 Ark. 48; Ouachita County v. Rolland, 60 Ark. 516. These were cases where the county judge appealed from an adverse judgment. Here the judgment of the circuit court was in favor of the county, and the question ‘is presented, can the county judge in such case take an appeal?
In discussing the statute above, ref erred to, in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ex parte MortonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1900
- Ouachita County v. RollandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Phillips v. GoeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Murphy v. Garland CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911