Blackford v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Chancery Court, Western District; E. L. Westbrook, Special Judge; STATEMENT OF FACTS. Appellees brought this suit in equity against appellants to enjoin them from proceeding further in the construction of a road under Act No. 104 of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved February 7, 1920, entitled an Act to Create the Ozark Trail Road Improvement District No. 2. The court granted the prayer of the plaintiffs and enjoined' the…
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Appeal from Craighead Chancery Court, Western District; E. L. Westbrook, Special Judge; STATEMENT OF FACTS. Appellees brought this suit in equity against appellants to enjoin them from proceeding further in the construction of a road under Act No. 104 of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved February 7, 1920, entitled an Act to Create the Ozark Trail Road Improvement District No. 2. The court granted the prayer of the plaintiffs and enjoined' the commissioners from taking any further steps tending to carry out the provisions of said act and from incurring any obligations as…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). It is first insisted that the decree must be affirmed because there is no bill of exceptions in the record. The bill recites that the case was heard before the chancellor upon the complaint, the affidavits of certain designated persons, the demurrer and answer of the defendants, and the oral evidence of certain persons named in the decree. There is no bill of exceptions contained in the record.
It is true there is a certificate of a stenographer that certain testimony which he has transcribed contains all the oral evidence introduced in the cause, but there is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jones v. LawsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
- State v. LeatherwoodSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
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