Burris v. Britt

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Petitioner, Leonard Burris, is the administrator of the estate of Margaret Ruth Scudder, deceased, and is the plaintiff in a wrongful death case now pending in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The regular judge of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Andrew G. Ponder, recused himself from hearing the case because of his personal relationship with one of the litigants. Shortly afterwards, Albert Graves, the regular circuit judge of another circuit was assigned by the Chief Justice to this case as a judge on exchange under the authority of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 22-142…