Harrison v. Campbell

Appellants brought this suit in equity against appellees to enjoin them from paying a salary to the recorder and marshal of the town of Cotter, and to enjoin two of the defendants from acting as mayor and recorder, respectively, of the town of Cotter.

Appellants are citizens and taxpayers of the town of Cotter. The basis of their suit is that the mayor and recorder of an incorporated town have no power to vote on the passage of ordinances, and also that the ordinances in question in this case, creating the office of city marshal and providing a salary for the recorder, were not legally passed.

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