Sumpter v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood, Judge; 1. The contract to employ additional counsel was not void under the decision in 179 S. W. 178. 2. The contract was reasonable. .122 Ark. 157. Plenary powers are vested in the county court. The compensation' was just and reasonable, and no abuse of discretion is shown. 179 S. ”W. 178; Kirby’s Digest, § 1375. The court, under the circumstances, had the power to make the contract.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood, Judge; 1. The contract to employ additional counsel was not void under the decision in 179 S. W. 178. 2. The contract was reasonable. .122 Ark. 157. Plenary powers are vested in the county court. The compensation' was just and reasonable, and no abuse of discretion is shown. 179 S. ”W. 178; Kirby’s Digest, § 1375. The court, under the circumstances, had the power to make the contract. Cases supra; 122 Ark. 566. 1. The county court had no power to employ additional counsel. It was an abuse of discretion. The fee-was properly disallowed. James P.…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Artie K. Palmer obtained judgment in the United States District Court at Little Eock against Garland County for $123,000. The county made the following payments on said judgment: $28,361 in 1912,; $20,091 in 1913; which left a balance of $74,000 due on said judgment on July 11, 1913. These payments were made out of a fund raised by a two mill levy on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property of the county. This special two mill levy had been laid on the property of the county by the officers who were forced to make the levy by an erroneous order of the Federal court. The county…
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