Stillwell v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ashley Circuit Court; Z. T. Wood, Judge; Petition by T. A. Jackson to the circuit court of Ashley Coúnty for mandamus to compel Henry Stillwell, the colléctor of taxes, to accept from the petitioner county warrants in payment of his taxes levied for county purposes. The circuit court sustained the prayer of the petition, ordered the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus, and the collector appealed to this court.
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Appeal from Ashley Circuit Court; Z. T. Wood, Judge; Petition by T. A. Jackson to the circuit court of Ashley Coúnty for mandamus to compel Henry Stillwell, the colléctor of taxes, to accept from the petitioner county warrants in payment of his taxes levied for county purposes. The circuit court sustained the prayer of the petition, ordered the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus, and the collector appealed to this court. The act (Kirby’s Digest, § 1499) fixes the expenses for which appropriations are to be made, and against which ordinary county warrants are to be drawn. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
The county court of Ashley County made an order for the construction of a new courthouse, a contract was made for the construction of the building, and the same has been completed. This, order was made at the October term, 1903, of the levying court, and that court, after making the appropriations for the various items of ordinary expenses of the county for the current year, and levying a tax of three mills to cover the same, made the following order with reference to the new courthouse :
“It is ordered by the court that the sum of $40,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Waterman v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- State v. SloanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Hilliard v. BunkerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1900
- Worthen v. RootsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1879
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Kelso v. BushSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1935
- Bartlett v. WillisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
- Sewer Improvement District No. 1 v. Delinquent LandsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
- Gould v. DavisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
- Slayton v. Crittenden County, Ark.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1922
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