Legal Opinion

Williams v. Montgomery

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 27, 1929PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHart, C. J.

(after stating the facts). The circuit court quashed the service of summons on the defendants because they lived in the Northern District ¡of Arkansas County, and were sued in the Southern Dis triet of said county. Service was had upon one of the defendants in the Southern District and then upon the other in the Northern District.

There is nothing in our Constitution which prohibits the Legislature from dividing a county into judicial districts and defining the power and jurisdiction of the courts therein situated. Walker v. State, 35 Ark. 385; Pryor v. Murphy, 80 Ark. 150, 96 S. W. 445;…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Saliba v. SalibaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
  2. Purnell v. NicholSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
  3. Bonner v. JacksonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
  4. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. JaberSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  5. Murrell v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. MacK Trucks of Arkansas, Inc. v. Jet Asphalt and Rock Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
  2. Buffington v. Vulcan Furniture Mfg. Corp.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1950
  3. Buschow Lumber Co. v. EllisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  4. Bruce v. StreetSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  5. Smith v. Waggoner, JudgeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947

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