Meeks v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Certiorari to Polk Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor ; 1. The arrest and imprisonment of petitioner is for debt in a civil action, without allegation or proof of fraud in its contracting, and is a violation of his constitutional rights. 2. From the facts appearing by his sworn response, petitioner is not in wilful contempt. 3. Standridge & Meeks prayed for and were granted an appeal to this court.
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Certiorari to Polk Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor ; 1. The arrest and imprisonment of petitioner is for debt in a civil action, without allegation or proof of fraud in its contracting, and is a violation of his constitutional rights. 2. From the facts appearing by his sworn response, petitioner is not in wilful contempt. 3. Standridge & Meeks prayed for and were granted an appeal to this court. Thereafter they were by statute allowed 30 days in which to execute supersedeas bond and supersede the judgment, and one year in which to lodge their transcript in the Supreme Court. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
The petitioner, W. M. Meeks, seeks to have this court review, on certiorari, the proceedings of the chancery court of Polk County wherein he was adjudged to be in contempt of said court for failure to obey its final decree in a cause in which he was a party.
The Ferguson Lumber Company brought suit in said court against Standridge & Meeks, a partnership composed of petitioner and S. L. Standridge, and also against the Walker Lumber Company, to recover of Standridge & Meeks the sum of $1,281.06 debt, and to have a ljen declared in favor of the plaintiffs on a lot of lumber which said Standridge…
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