Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Pulaski County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 6, 1969No. 5-4982PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.
This appeal is an effort to persuade this court to extend the rule announced in Parish v. Pitts, 244 Ark. 1239, 429 S. W. 2d 45 (rehearing denied on July 15, 1968) to permit suits in tort against counties. On the night of July 24, 1967, Joseph Sullivan was killed on the Woodson Lateral Road, a county public road, in Pulaski County. Death occurred when the Sullivan vehicle left the road on a curve, and plunged into a tree. The administrator of the estate instituted suit against Pulaski County, alleging negligence against the county because of its failure to erect…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Parish v. PittsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
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