Brinkley Township Road District v. Dixon Township Road District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; Geo. W. Clark, Judge; The county court judgments were valid, and the circuit court erred in canceling them. The county court and no other had the right to change the boundary lines of townships. The county court has exclusive original jurisdiction in matters pertaining to roads.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; Geo. W. Clark, Judge; The county court judgments were valid, and the circuit court erred in canceling them. The county court and no other had the right to change the boundary lines of townships. The county court has exclusive original jurisdiction in matters pertaining to roads. This can not be invaded by the Legislature nor any court; act 422, Acts 1911, p. 365; 134 Ark. 121; 135 Id. 83; 92 Id. 93. The writ of certiorari should have been denied, as it is not the proper remedy, as an appeal could have been taken. 215 S. W. 600. Certiorari was the proper…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys', J.
This is a proceeding in certiorari, instituted in the Monroe Circuit Court by appellees against appellants, to quash a judgment rendered on the 10th day of April, 1916, in the county court of said county, consolidating Brinkley and Eden townships and changing the township lines of Brinkley and Dixon townships by taking certain territory out of Dixon township and adding it to Brinkley township, and vice versa, for the purpose of enabling those interested in constructing and maintaining good roads to construct and maintain same; also to cancel a judgment of said county court made the 3d day of…
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