Haynes v. Faulkner County

David Newbern, Justice.

This case is about county government. The dispute arose when Faulkner County decided to build a new building to house the county library and to create a commission to operate a museum in the building which had previously housed the county library. The appellant, Henry Haynes, and other concerned citizens voiced objections to the proposed disposition of the old library building. They claimed that the courts in Faulkner County badly needed space and that the County therefore should have reserved the old library building for the judiciary’s use. In their view, it would…