Brick v. Simonetti

Steele Hays, Justice.

Meyer Brick and Vera Simonetti were opposing candidates for Justice of the Peace in District No. 11, Crittenden County, in the Democratic Preferential Primary held on May 25, 1982. Simonetti won the election and Brick has challenged her residency qualifications as set out in Ark. Stat. Ann. § 17-3605 and Art. 7, § 4 and Art. 19, § 4 of the Arkansas Constitution. Section 17-36051 specifically provides that all Quorum Court officers reside within their respective districts. The trial court sitting as a jury found that Simonetti was a resident of and domiciled in District…