Arkansas State Hospital v. Cleburne County

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The Arkansas State Hospital filed claim against Cleburne County for collection of three accounts totaling $1800. The debts were incurred because three prisoners were sent to the state hospital, from Cleburne County, pursuant to Ark. Star. Ann. § 43-1301 (Repl. 1977). The Cleburne County Quorum Court denied the claim, and the hospital appealed to the circuit court which allowed one of the claims in the amount of $600 but denied the other two because the three year statute of limitations had run.

On appeal the hospital claims the statute of limitations does not run…