Hopper v. Garner

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

This appeal involves a dispute over who is the rightful city attorney of Horseshoe Bend. The appellant, Paul Hopper, filed a usurpation-oGoffice action against the appellee, Tom Garner. The jury rendered a verdict for Garner, and Hopper appeals. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

In 1994, Paul Hopper was elected city attorney of Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas. During litigation concerning another matter, Hopper discovered that two people had trespassed on his property. Hopper asked the prosecuting attorney to file a criminal trespass action against these…