Morrow v. Mock
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Randolph Chancery Court; Lyman F. Reeder, Chancellor; The county court was without jurisdiction. Under the act 422, Acts 1911, the voting of the- three mills road tax and the levying of the same by the quorum court are necessary conditions precedent to the exercise of such jurisdiction. 203 U. W. (Ark.) 260. . Act 321, Acts 1917, cannot be misconstrued into a legislative determination that the tax which it legalizes was previously authorized by an election, or…
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Appeal from Randolph Chancery Court; Lyman F. Reeder, Chancellor; The county court was without jurisdiction. Under the act 422, Acts 1911, the voting of the- three mills road tax and the levying of the same by the quorum court are necessary conditions precedent to the exercise of such jurisdiction. 203 U. W. (Ark.) 260. . Act 321, Acts 1917, cannot be misconstrued into a legislative determination that the tax which it legalizes was previously authorized by an election, or that act 422, Acts 1911, was put into force in Randolph County, and the county court thereby clothed with additional…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Act No. 422 of the Acts of 1911, sec. 5249 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, provides in part as follows: “The county court shall have the power to open new roads and to make such changes in old roads as they may deem necessary and proper,” etc. Certain parties, acting under the authority of the above statute, petitioned the Randolph County Court for the establishment of a certain road fifty feet in width in said county, which proposed road extended across the lands of the appellant. The appellant was made a party to the proceedings and objected to the jurisdiction of the court and moved to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Knight v. CreswellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Fuller v. Townsly-Myrick Dry Goods Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
- Church v. GallicSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Carter v. Randolph CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
- Ex parte ChristianSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1861
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- Crawford County v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928