Legal Opinion
Drainage Dist. 7 of Poinsett County v. Hutchins
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 2, 1931PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, C. J.,
(after stating the facts). The office of the writ of prohibition is to restrain the exercise of jurisdiction by an inferior court over a subject-matter where it has none or over parties where it can acquire none. Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Bandy, 177 Ark. 694, 8 S. W. (2d) 448, and cases cited.
This brings to our consideration the question whether the chancery court had jurisdiction to proceed further under the allegations of the complaint filed in the Cross Chancery Court by the landowners against Drainage District No. 7 of Poinsett County and the commissioners…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Order of Railway Conductors of America v. BandySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
- Altheimer v. Board of Directors of Plum Bayou Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- People v. Selby Smelting and Lead Co.California Supreme Court · 1912
- Jones, McDowell & Co. v. FletcherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1883
- Board of Directors of St. Francis Levee District v. FlemingSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Board of Directors of St. Francis Levee Dist. v. KurnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
- Pruitt v. Sebastian County Coal & Mining Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
- Gillman v. Preston Family Investment Co. (In Re Richardson)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1983
- Drainage Dist. No. 2 of Crittenden County v. Mercantile-Commerce Bank & Trust Co. of St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
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