Town of Wrightsville v. Walton

Lyle Brown, Justice.

The Pulaski County Court granted a petition to incorpórate the Wrightsville community. Appellee Walton attacked that order by proper complaint filed in the Pulaski Circuit Court. The circuit court set aside the order of incorporation on the ground that the petition to incorporate was not signed by a majority of the inhabitants of the area, citing Ark. Stat. Ann. § 19-106 (Repl. 1968). The propriety of that interpretation is the sole issue on appeal.

The petition for incorporation was granted because the county court found that it was signed by more than twenty electors of…