State v. Ashley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Writ of Quo Warranto. On the application of the attorney for (be State, separate writs issued, on the 20th day of February, A. D. 1839, out of this court against Chester Ashley, Roswell Beebe, William W. Stevenson, E. A. More, R. C. Byrd, James De Baun, and James L. Davison. ■ The writ against Chester Ashley was in the following form: «STATE'OF ARKANSAS, Sot.
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Writ of Quo Warranto. On the application of the attorney for (be State, separate writs issued, on the 20th day of February, A. D. 1839, out of this court against Chester Ashley, Roswell Beebe, William W. Stevenson, E. A. More, R. C. Byrd, James De Baun, and James L. Davison. ■ The writ against Chester Ashley was in the following form: «STATE'OF ARKANSAS, Sot. The Slate of Arkansas, to the Sheriff of Pulaski County, Gkeetikg: « You are hereby commanded to summon Chester Ashley to appear personally before the Supreme Court of said State of Arkansas, at the court house in the city of Little…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, Judge
The pleadings in this case, present first, the question of jurisdiction; secondly, the constitutionality of the Real Estate Bank of the State of Arkansas; and lastly, the construction of the relative powers of the respective boards of direction.
The question involves principles of the highest moment, and of the most vital importance, and such as the whole community as well as the parties upon the record, have a direct and immediate interest in having conclusively and finally settled.
Their novelty, magnitude, and intrinsic difficulty, have induced this court to give to them the most mature…
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