Pride v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Sevier Circuit Court in Chancery. R. D. Hearn, Judge. This is a suit in equity, brought by the State for the use of Sevier County, against Henry C. Pride.
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APPEAL from Sevier Circuit Court in Chancery. R. D. Hearn, Judge. This is a suit in equity, brought by the State for the use of Sevier County, against Henry C. Pride. It appears from the allegations of the bill that Pride was Collector of revenue for Sevier County, in 1864; that he collected the revenue of that year and failed to pay it over to the Treasurer, or to make any settlement with the County Court, but fraudulently converted the same to his own use ; that the County Court, at the July term, 1861, made an order appointing commissioners in each, township to relieve the families of…
1Opinion of the CourtHemingway, J.
Upon appeal from the County Court the Circuit Court acquires only such jurisdiction as the County Court had, and may render such judgment only as the County Court should have rendered.
COUNTY WARRANTS: Cancelling, etc. In the matter of the presentment of county warrants by the appellant for reissuance, it was authorized to examine them and to reject such as in its judgment the county was not justly and legally bound to pay, and reissue those not rejected. Mansf. Dig., sec. 1152. In ascertaining what warrants the county was justly and legally bound to pay, it might summon and examine witnesses,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hatch v. SpoffordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
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