Berry v. Springdale Water & Sewer Commission

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This case must be affirmed because of flagrant deficiencies in the appellants’ abstract of the record. Rule 9 (d) requires that the abstract consist of an impartial condensation of such parts of the record as are necessary to an understanding of all questions presented for decision. In scores of cases we have discussed the essentials of a proper abstract of the record. In the case at bar the following statement from Collins v. Duncan, 257 Ark. 722, 520 S.W.2d 192 (1975), is especially pertinent: "A good rule of thumb would be for an attorney to forget that he knows…