Pryor v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Union Chancery Court; Alphonzo Curl, Chancellor, on exchange of circuits; 1. Statutes constitutional in part, if separable, will be valid pro tanto. 2. Every doubt arising as to the constitutionality of a legislative enactment must be resolved in favor of its validity. £0 Ark. 513; 39 Ark. 353. 1. The proviso to section 4 of the act confers immunity on citizens or residents of one district against suits in the other district, and is in violation of sections 3 and…
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Appeal from Union Chancery Court; Alphonzo Curl, Chancellor, on exchange of circuits; 1. Statutes constitutional in part, if separable, will be valid pro tanto. 2. Every doubt arising as to the constitutionality of a legislative enactment must be resolved in favor of its validity. £0 Ark. 513; 39 Ark. 353. 1. The proviso to section 4 of the act confers immunity on citizens or residents of one district against suits in the other district, and is in violation of sections 3 and 18 of art. 2, Const. 2. Section 5 of the act, conferring original and exclusive jurisdiction upon the circuit and…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
“The purpose of this action,” as stated in the decree of the court therein, “is to restrain the defendant, W. J. Pinson, as clerk of the circuit court, from purchasing the necessary records for the use of the circuit, chancery and probate courts and recorder at the proposed new seat of justice at Eelsenthal in -the Eastern District of Union County, and from establishing a separate circuit clerk and recorder’s office in said district, and to restrain the defendant, W. G. Pendleton, as sheriff, from opening a separate sheriff’s office in said district.”
The ground upon which the injunction was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Post Master General v. EarlySupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Hudspeth v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
3Cited by9 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. BrodieSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. TrulockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Bonner v. JacksonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
- Murrell v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
- Mahan v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
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