Lee v. Watts

J. Feed Jones, Justice.

This appeal questions the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in the trial of misdemeanors in justice of the peace court in Morgan Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas, and also questions the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace to sit as justice of Mayor’s Court outside of the corporate limits of the town for whose mayor he acts.

Lucian Lee is a justice of the peace of Morgan Township in Lawrence County, and George Glenn is the mayor of the incorporated town of Lynn in said township. Justice of the peace Lee issued a warrant for Thomas D. Watts for reckless…