Legal Opinion

Oates v. Rogers

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 11, 1940No. 4-6234PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGtrieitN Smith, C. J.

The question is whether an act of the general assembly separating the offices of sheriff and collector in counties falling within designated classifications and delegating to judges of the chancery, circuit, and county courts power to select the collector for a period of five years is compatible with article four of our constitution.

Act 137, approved February 24, 1939, by its terms is applicable to counties having a population of 125,000 and an assessed valuation of real and personal property of $50,000,000 or more.

As expressed in the act, “There is hereby created in all such counties a…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Springer v. Government of Philippine IslandsSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. O'Donoghue v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. State ex rel. White v. BarkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  4. Beasley v. RidoutCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
  5. City of Terre Haute v. Evansville & Terre Haute RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1897

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Galloway v. TruesdellNevada Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Fulkerson v. Refunding Board of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
  3. Mears v. HallSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  4. Walden v. HartSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
  5. Howell v. Howell Stevens v. StevensSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1948

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