Bank of Blytheville v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chiekasawba District; if.. H. Dudley, Judge; 1. The act of April 9, 1891, as amended by act March 17,1903, had the effect of increasing the burdens of the stockholders in the Blytheville Bank, which did them an injustice contrary to art. 12, § 6, of our Constitution, and impairs existing obligations in violation of art. 1, § 10, Constitution of the United States.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chiekasawba District; if.. H. Dudley, Judge; 1. The act of April 9, 1891, as amended by act March 17,1903, had the effect of increasing the burdens of the stockholders in the Blytheville Bank, which did them an injustice contrary to art. 12, § 6, of our Constitution, and impairs existing obligations in violation of art. 1, § 10, Constitution of the United States. Sections 1990 and 1993 of Kirby’s Digest, being C. & M. Digest, §§ 2832 and 2835, were repealed as to banks by act 113, Acts 1913. Where the Legislature takes up the whole subject and covers the…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellees instituted suit against appellants in the circuit court of Mississippi County, Chickasawba District, to recover $41,293.15, alleged to be public moneys collected as taxes by D. H. Blackwood, the duly elected, qualified and acting collector of Mississippi County, and deposited by him in the Bank of Blytheville. A recovery was sought under the act of April 9, 1891, page 230, as amended by the act of March 17,1903, page 142. The parts of the acts involved in this litigation are digested in Crawford & Moses’ Digest as sections 2832 and 2835.
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