Venhaus v. Pulaski County Quorum Court

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

We are asked to decide in this case what authority, if any, a trial court has to dismiss an appeal, and which of the defendants in this case — Don Venhaus, Pulaski County Judge, or the Pulaski County Quorum Court — has the right to appeal a judgment rendered upon a claim against the county. We hold that the trial court was without authority to enter its order dismissing the appeal and that Venhaus as county judge has statutory authority to pursue the appeal.

In 1982 a lawsuit was filed in Pulaski Chancery Court by Pulaski County deputy sheriffs seeking to recover…