Calloway v. Harley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; C. W. Smith, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. These cases have not been consolidated, yet they involve the same questions and may be considered and decided together. Calloway & Huie were the attorneys representing the petitioners in the formation of the Terre Noir Drainage District in Clark County, and the appellant Ayers was the engineer employed to make the preliminary survey.
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; C. W. Smith, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. These cases have not been consolidated, yet they involve the same questions and may be considered and decided together. Calloway & Huie were the attorneys representing the petitioners in the formation of the Terre Noir Drainage District in Clark County, and the appellant Ayers was the engineer employed to make the preliminary survey. The proceedings for the establishment of the district were had under Act No. 279 of the Acts of 1909. The petition of the attorneys for mandamus was filed on September 2, 1913,…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.,
(after stating tbe facts). Appellee insists in bis brief, in tbe case involving tbe attorney’s fees, that tbe county court bad no authority to order warrants reissued payable out of tbe county general fund, and that the act of 1909, under which the proceedings for the establishment of the drainage district were had, makes no provision for the allowance of an attorney’s fee, and that if such provision was made it would be unconstitutional. And in the ease of the engineer the contention is made that the work done, as recited in the petition was not a preliminary survey within the…
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