Law v. Falls
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Yell Circuit Court, Danville District; Hugh Basham, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In 1875 the Legislature passed an act providing for holding separate chancery, circuit and probate court at Dardanelle, in Yell County, but the act did not interfere with the holding of any of the courts at Danville, the then, and the present, county seat.
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Appeal from Yell Circuit Court, Danville District; Hugh Basham, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In 1875 the Legislature passed an act providing for holding separate chancery, circuit and probate court at Dardanelle, in Yell County, but the act did not interfere with the holding of any of the courts at Danville, the then, and the present, county seat. The act divided the county into two judicial districts and provided that the jurisdiction of the courts of the Dardanelle District should extend over that district the same, and in like manner, as if said district was a constitutional county of…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.,
(after stating the facts). It will be observed that the act establishing the district requires only that the Dardanelle District procure a courthouse, and it is not made a condition precedent to the continued existence of the district that the courthouse shall be maintained. When the conditions of the act were met the district became an entity, and now exists and will continue to exist, until abolished by the Legislature, whether the courthouse is ever rebuilt or not. Under the law, the courts may be held temporarily at some place in Dardanelle until a permanent courthouse is…
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