Peterson v. Culpepper
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Antonio B. Grace, Judge. Action by J. F. Culpepper against the city of Pine Bluff, to which E. A. Peterson was made a party defendant also. Judgment for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Following is a statement of the case as made by the judge of the Jefferson circuit court, in which this case was tried.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Antonio B. Grace, Judge. Action by J. F. Culpepper against the city of Pine Bluff, to which E. A. Peterson was made a party defendant also. Judgment for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Following is a statement of the case as made by the judge of the Jefferson circuit court, in which this case was tried. “This action was originally brought by J. F. Culpepper against the city of Pine Bluff to recover salary alleged to be due him for services as chief of police of said city, and which the city refused to pay. The city…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
(after stating the facts). The provisions of the constitution involved in the controversy here are as follows:
Article 4, § 1. “The powers of the government of the state of Arkansas shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of them to be confined to a separate body of magistracy, to-wit: Those which are legislative to one; those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial to another.”
Section 2. “No person or collection of persons, being of one of these departments, shall exercise any power belonging to either of the others, except in the instances hereinafter…
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