Woolard v. Thomas

Frank Holt, Associate Justice.

The appellant, as a taxpayer, filed a petition in the Circuit Court seeking a declaratory judgment as to the constitutionality of Act 239 of 1953 [Ark. Stat. Ann. § 17-920 — 21 (Eepl. 1956)]. This petition was consolidated with an appeal from the action of the Clay County Court, Western District, denying appellant’s petition,"as a taxpayer, in that court. Appellant’s petition in the County Court, based upon Act 239 of 1953, stated an emergency existed because of the destruction of the Western District Courthouse by fire and because of the state of disrepair of…