Cotham v. Coffman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Guy Fulk, Judge; 1. Mandamus will lie to compel an auditor to draw a warrant for an officer’s salary. 5 Ark. 436; 26 Ark. 237; 26 Cyc. 235, and cases cited. 2. The judge of a circuit court is a State officer.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Guy Fulk, Judge; 1. Mandamus will lie to compel an auditor to draw a warrant for an officer’s salary. 5 Ark. 436; 26 Ark. 237; 26 Cyc. 235, and cases cited. 2. The judge of a circuit court is a State officer. Const. 1874, art. 7, § 13; art. 19, § 11; art. 7, § 22; 21 So. 293; 36 Cyc. 852, 853; 23 Cyc. 506; 11 Cyc. 415. The proviso to section 4 of the act of 1911, Castle’s Supplement to Kirby’s Digest, 105, 106, placing upon Garland County the burden of paying two-thirds of salaries of the judge and prosecuting attorney is unconstitutional and void, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the complaint filed by appellant praying that a writ of mandamus be ordered, directed to respondent, as Auditor of State of the State of Arkansas, requiring him to issue to appellant an Auditor ’s warrant in the sum of $250 for his salary as circuit judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit for the month ending October 31, 1913. The complaint alleged that pursuant to an act of the General Assembly approved March 23, 1911, creating the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Arkansas, appellant had been elected as the judge of said circuit,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Griffin v. RhotonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Cribbs v. BenedictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
- Colbert v. BondTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
- Wells, Fargo & Company's Express v. Crawford CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
- Jobe v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
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3Cited by40 opinions
- U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
- Herndon v. AndersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- Oliver v. Southern Trust Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Borchert v. ScottSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
- Bell v. CrumSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
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