Alcoholic Beverage Control Board v. Munson

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

While an election contest appeal was pending in this court, the respondent issued an injunction against the Arkansas Beverage Control Board, ordering it not to comply with the election results. The circuit court had refused precisely the same request for relief; that is, a request to prohibit the wholesalers from delivering or selling liquor in the precinct voted dry. The action by the chancery court was a usurpation of the power of the circuit court, which clearly had jurisdiction of the matter. Finding that the chancery court was wholly without jurisdiction, the…