Legal Opinion

Village Creek Improvement District v. Story

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 21, 1985No. 85-100PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a petition filed under Rule 16 to prohibit the respondent, as chancellor, from enforcing an interlocutory order which he entered in a pending case. We must refuse to issue the requested writ of prohibition, because the petition is in substance an attempt to obtain a review of a nonappealable interlocutory order.

The principal petitioner, Village Creek Improvement District of Lawrence County, was organized by a circuit court order in 1977, apparently to clean out an existing system of drainage ditches. The work, however, was not undertaken promptly. In 1981…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Harris Distributors, Inc. v. MarlinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
  2. Karraz v. TaylorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  3. Vale v. HuffSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Nucor Holding Corp. v. RinkinesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  2. Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR OSCEOLA DIST. OF MISSISSIPPI CTY.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  3. Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR OSCEOLA DIST. OF MISSISSIPPI CTY.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  4. Yell County Telephone Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999

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