Category: Arkansas Court Opinions

CRAWFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION v. SCHABERG SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 69. No. 4-2726 53 S.W.2d 995Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered November 7, 1932. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS — CONSOLIDATION. — Under Acts 1931, No. 169, 44, providing that no existing school district shall be included in a new district unless a majority of the […]

ROBERTS AND COMPANY, INC. v. Francesco SERGIO and Giovanni SERGIO, d/b/a PIAZZA SERGIO No. CA 86-167 733 S.W.2d 420Court of Appeals of Arkansas Division I Opinion delivered July 22, 1987 1. JUDGES — DUTY TO INSTRUCT JURY ON LAW. — The trial judge is under a duty to instruct the jury as to the law […]

TUCKER v. PEACOCK No. 4-9029 227 S.W.2d 929Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered February 13, 1950. Rehearing denied April 10, 1950. 1. CONTRACTS. — In appellant’s action to recover certain land and a bank account on the allegation the owner thereof orally agreed in his lifetime that if she would move into the house and […]

Wiley GRUBBS v. CREDIT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY 96-889 942 S.W.2d 249Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered April 14, 1997 ATTORNEY CLIENT — MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES ON APPEAL DENIED — AWARD PREMATURE. — The supreme court concluded that an award of attorneys’ fees before recovery against the insurer under the policy was premature, there having […]

Roger GRAHAM v. Charles L. DANIELS, Director of Labor, and CARGILL, Inc. No. CA 79-374 601 S.W.2d 229Court of Appeals of Arkansas Opinion delivered June 18, 1980 Released for publication July 8, 1980 1. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY — VOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT DUE TO RESPIRATORY DISEASE — PRESERVATION OF JOB RIGHTS. — Where claimant worked in appellee’s floor […]

Vester Mae ELLIS v. STATE of Arkansas 637 S.W.2d 588Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered July 12, 1982 1. APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL — GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING MOTION. — Where an attorney for a criminal defendant attaches an affidavit to a motion for a belated appeal and concedes that it was […]

Danny Lee HILL v. STATE of Arkansas CA CR 98-830 985 S.W.2d 342Court of Appeals of Arkansas Division II Opinion delivered February 17, 1999 1. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — REVOCATION HEARING — DEFENDANT ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS. — Although in a revocation hearing a defendant is not entitled to the full panoply of rights that attend […]

Carol MARX v. HURON LITTLE ROCK d/b/a Hilton Inn-Little Rock. No. CA 04-246. 198 S.W.3d 127Court of Appeals of Arkansas. Opinion delivered November 10, 2004. 1. MOTIONS — DENIAL OF MOTION FOR DIRECTED VERDICT — STANDARD OF REVIEW. — When reviewing a denial of a motion for directed verdict, the appellate court determines whether the […]

GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. Roscoe T. EARL. No. 04-769. 208 S.W.3d 106Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinion delivered May 5, 2005. 1. APPEAL ERROR — BENCH TRIAL — STANDARD OF REVIEW. — Findings of fact of a trial court sitting as a jury will not be reversed on appeal unless clearly against a preponderance of […]

WILLIAMS v. STATE. No. CR 3827 55 S.W.2d 928Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered January 9, 1933. 1. JURY — EXAMINATION AS TO CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES. — On trial of a capital case, it was not error to permit the prosecuting attorney to ask jurors upon their voir dire whether they had any conscientious scruples against […]

Gerald Dale PIERCE v. Margie PIERCE (ORTNER) No. CA 79-25 596 S.W.2d 364Court of Appeals of Arkansas Opinion delivered March 19, 1980 Released for publication April 9, 1980 1. DIVORCE — CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS — SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION UPON CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES. — The Chancery Court has the unquestioned power to alter the allowance of […]

CARL RUDD, APPELLANT v. STATE OF ARKANSAS, APPELLEE CA CR 01-431 61 S.W.3d 885Court of Appeals of Arkansas Division III Opinion delivered December 5, 2001 [Petition for rehearing denied January 9, 2002.] 1. Evidence — sufficiency of — considered first on appeal. — The appellate court considers sufficiency of the evidence before addressing other alleged […]