Legal Opinion
Phillips County v. Arkansas State Penitentiary
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 29, 1923PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The Board of Commissioners of the State Penitentiary filed for allowance in the county court of Phillips County a verified account against the county for the keep of certain prisoners held in the State Penitentiary under conviction of capital offenses. The statute under which the right to recover from the county is asserted is a section of act No. 44 of the General Assembly of 1921 (General Acts, 1921, p. 50), which reads as follows:
“Section 8. The county from which any person is brought for confinement in the death-chamber and for electrocution shall pay to the penitentiary the sum of one…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cotham v. CoffmanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Cain v. Woodruff CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Dobbs v. HollandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Fort Smith District v. EberleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
- State ex rel. Agricultural School District No. 1 v. Craighead CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Adams v. WhittakerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
- Campbell v. Arkansas State HospitalSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957
- Crawford County v. City of Van BurenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
- Campbell v. Little Rock School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1953