Lusk v. Perkins & George
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Sevier Circuit Court. Hon. H. B. Stuart, Judge. 1. All fines are payable in county scrip. Mansf. Dig., sec. 5860; US Ark., 870. The constable should have received it, if valid, and mandamus was the proper remedy. 88 Ark., 317; 33 ib., J/jO. 2. The scrip upon its face shows that it was regularly issued for the legitimate expenses of the county, and until the prima facie case thus made is rebutted by evidence, it must be treated as a valid warrant. 38 Ark., 877. 3.…
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APPEAL from Sevier Circuit Court. Hon. H. B. Stuart, Judge. 1. All fines are payable in county scrip. Mansf. Dig., sec. 5860; US Ark., 870. The constable should have received it, if valid, and mandamus was the proper remedy. 88 Ark., 317; 33 ib., J/jO. 2. The scrip upon its face shows that it was regularly issued for the legitimate expenses of the county, and until the prima facie case thus made is rebutted by evidence, it must be treated as a valid warrant. 38 Ark., 877. 3. The order calling in the warrants shows that it was to be published in but one newspaper. This was not a compliance…
1Opinion of the Court
Gatewood, Special Judge.
Appellant Lusk was fined by appellee Perkins, a justice of the peace, of Sevier ■county, and in payment of said fine tendered to appellee, George, as constable, a county warrant issued in 1862, by order of the Sevier county court, for ordinary county expenditures; which warrant the appellee, George, as constable, refused to receive.
The warrant had been presented to the county treasurer of Sevier county, and indorsed “not paid for want of funds.”
This suit was in the Sevier circuit court, for the purpose ■of obtaining a mandamus to compel George, as constable, to receive…
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