Legal Opinion

Ex parte Christian

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 15, 1861PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Motion for Mandamus to Mon. John C. Murray, to grant an injunction.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton

The sureties in the official bond of James Norris, a collector of public revenue, exhibited their bill in chancery, and upon the allegations and prayer thereof, moved the court for a writ of injunction, .restraining the county of Ashley, until the final hearing of the cause, from further proceeding to execute a judgment, recovered by her, in the County Court, against Norris and themselves, for public revenue which Norris had collected and failed to pay into the county treasury. Their motion was overruled, and they now petition this court for a mandamus to the chancellor, compelling him to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. JansenNew York Supreme Court · 1811
  2. Ringgold v. StoneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1859

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Morrow v. MockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922

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