Chicot County v. Tilghman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the County Court of Chicot County. Tlie Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over the final orders and judgments of the county court, unless in cases where the appeal is given to the circuit court. See Code, p. £3, sections 15 and 16. The appellate jurisdiction of the circuit court, over the orders and judgments of the county courts, does not embrace a case like this.
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Appeal from the County Court of Chicot County. Tlie Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over the final orders and judgments of the county court, unless in cases where the appeal is given to the circuit court. See Code, p. £3, sections 15 and 16. The appellate jurisdiction of the circuit court, over the orders and judgments of the county courts, does not embrace a case like this. See Code, p. %5, sec. 19. Neither under the Constitution of 1836, nor 1864, would an appeal lie directly from the county court, to the Supreme Court. The circuit courts had appellate jurisdiction from all orders…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCluRE, C. J.
It appears from the record in this case, that Mrs. Tilghman, as executrix of Lloyd Tilghman, deceased, presented an ac-eount, for allowance, against the county of Chicot. The account was for the allowance of the principal and interest upon a certain bond that read as follows:
“Ho.- STATÍ 03? ARKANSAS.
Bond of the county of Chicot, issued by an order of the county court, at the April adjourned term, 1860, for $1000. ,
The county of Chicot acknowledges to be indebted to the Mississippi, Ouachita and Eed Eiver railroad company, in the sum of one thousand dollars, which sum the said county of Chicot…
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