Drainage District No. 1 v. Rolfe
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Cross Circuit Court; Frank Smith, Judge, on exchange; It is manifest by the record that there was no prayer for appeal from the county court, no statement of the matters and things of which the opponents of the drainage district were aggrieved nor any order by the county court granting an appeal. The circuit court had no jurisdiction to render judgment in the cause. 147 S. W. (Ark.) 460, and authorities cited.
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Appeal from Cross Circuit Court; Frank Smith, Judge, on exchange; It is manifest by the record that there was no prayer for appeal from the county court, no statement of the matters and things of which the opponents of the drainage district were aggrieved nor any order by the county court granting an appeal. The circuit court had no jurisdiction to render judgment in the cause. 147 S. W. (Ark.) 460, and authorities cited. The county court acquired no jurisdiction in the first instance because of the failure of petitioners to file bond for the amount required by law, giving two freehold…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Drainage District No. 1 of Cross County, Arkansas, was established by" an order of the county court of that county made pursuant to a petition of land owners, and all the proceedings appear to have been in conformity with the statutes of this State regulating the establishment of drainage districts. The final order was entered by the county court on June 23, 1911, and thereafter appellees, F. D. Rolfe and others, who were the owners of lands affected by the establishment of the district, lodged a transcript of the proceedings in the circuit court, where the case was heard as on appeal.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Drainage District No. 7 v. StuartSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
3Cited by11 opinions
- Thomas v. ThomasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
- Huffman v. SudburySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Mississippi County v. MooreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
- Brown v. KirklandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
- Williams v. BowenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
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