Category: Arkansas Court Opinions

FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 v. ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 92-1226 852 S.W.2d 122Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered May 3, 1993 1. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — SPECIAL LEGISLATION DEFINED. — An act is special if by some inherent limitation or classification it arbitrarily separates some person, place, or thing from those upon which, but […]

CATE v. CRAWFORD COUNTY. 4 S.W.2d 516Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered April 2, 1928. 1. EMINENT DOMAIN — DAMAGES FOR TAKING LAND FOR HIGHWAY. — In determining the damages for taking land for a public highway in a proceeding under Crawford Moses’ Dig., 5249, the value of benefits received by the landowner will be […]

MERIWETHER v. DuBOSE. No. 4-2794 55 S.W.2d 937Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered January 9, 1933. 1. EQUITY — JURISDICTION OF ACCOUNTING. — Jurisdiction of chancery in a suit for accounting of royalties under sand and gravel leases was not defeated by a stipulation of counsel as to the amount thereof made during the trial […]

TWIN CITY LINES, INC. v. COOK. No. 5-1018 291 S.W.2d 810Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered June 25, 1956. 1. APPEAL ERROR — FILING OF MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL AS WAIVER OF ALL ISSUES NOR INCORPORATED THEREIN. — One filing a motion for new trial does not waive, by his failure to include in his […]

BARNETT v. BANK OF MALVERN 39 S.W.2d 1014Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered June 15, 1931. 1. CONTINUANCE — DISCRETION OF COURT. — Granting a continuance will not be ground for reversal in the absence of a showing that the trial court abused its discretion. 2. EVIDENCE — CONCLUSIVENESS OF RECORDS. — It was not […]

Michael GRANDJEAN v. Patrick GRANDJEAN 93-172 869 S.W.2d 709Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered January 31, 1994 1. APPEAL ERROR — ARGUMENT ON APPEAL NOT GERMANE TO TORT TRIED BELOW — ARGUMENT NOT CONSIDERED. — On appeal, appellant presents an argument that, in form, addresses the trial court’s false-arrest finding but that, substantively, constitutes a […]

GENERAL TALKING PICTURES CORPORATION v. SHEA. 49 S.W.2d 359Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered May 9, 1932. 1. COMMERCE — FOREIGN CORPORATION DOING BUSINESS IN STATE. — A transaction whereby a New York corporation made an agreement in New York leasing a picture machine to be shipped to Arkansas held interstate commerce, and enforceable in […]

FULLER v. STATE. 18 S.W.2d 913Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered July 1, 1929. 1. INTOXICATING LIQUORS — JURY QUESTION. — In a prosecution for selling liquor, where it was a question whether defendant or another sold the liquor, the question, under the evidence, was for the jury. 2. INTOXICATING LIQUORS — USE OF WORD […]

TERRY, COUNTY JUDGE v. THORNTON. No. 4-7531 183 S.W.2d 787Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered December 4, 1944. 1. TAXATION — DIVERSION OF SCHOOL FUNDS. — A statute that authorizes a diversion of school funds into the county general fund where the money could be used for other than school purposes is unconstitutional. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL […]

Norma FERGUSON, Appellant v. Larry James FERGUSON, Executor of the Estate of L.J. Ferguson, Appellee CA08-1260 334 S.W.3d 425Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II. Opinion Delivered September 2, 2009 Appeal from the Hempstead County Circuit Court, [No. CV2005-208-2], Honorable Randy Wright, Judge. Affirmed on Direct Appeal and Cross-Appeal. LARRY D. VAUGHT, Chief Judge. In […]

K.M., Father of J.M., Minor v. STATE of Arkansas 97-1116 983 S.W.2d 93Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered November 12, 1998 1. APPEAL ERROR — APPELLANT’S BURDEN TO PRODUCE RECORD ABSTRACT SUFFICIENT FOR REVIEW. — The appellant bears the burden of producing both a record and an abstract sufficient for appellate review. 2. APPEAL ERROR […]