Kollmeyer v. Greer

John F. Stroud, Justice.

This is a suit by a taxpayer seeking to void ordinances of the Washington County Quorum Court levying an additional local recording fee on deeds and other instruments. The Chancellor granted Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment, declared the ordinances void and ordered a refund of the fees collected.

On Janüary 1, 1977, Amendment 55 to the Arkansas Constitution became effective, granting to the counties greater legislative authority in local affairs. In what it thought to be a valid exercise of this new legislative authority, the Washington County Quorum Court, on…