Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-03
Havis Appeals from Chan cellor Elliott's Decision Re-
 fusing Injunction.
SCHOOL BOARD TO PAY
Teacher Cannot Be Discharged Be. cause He Fails to Prevent Flirt. ing Among Pupils Outside of
 ShOOOl Hours.

 the Arkansas supreme court was that Of Ferdinand Havis ct al vs. c. M. Philpot, county judge, from the lief ferson chancery court. This is an action attacking the constitutionali.y y of the Going liquor law, and it is understood that in the event of the supreme court sustaining the decision Of the Jefferson chancery court the plaintiffs, who are colored men, will appeal to the United States courts. Plaintiffs sought an injunction to pre- vent the county judge from passinf !, on a petition to license saloons, al- leging that it contained only the names of adult white inhabitants and that they were being discriminated against under the Going law in vio- lation of the constitution of the United States.
 Refuses Div0rces.
 Decision handed down by the su- preme court today affirmed two yer diets of lower courts refusing divorces. One of the cases--that of B. F. Arnold vs. Maude l.. Arnold
 
 chancery court, and the other-that Of Joe Marshak vs. Gustie Marshak. was appealed from the Yell chancery court. The Marshak divorce case was based on grounds of desertion, but the lower court, finding no just grounds for divorce, dismissed the action. Among the allegations made in Mrs. Arnold's complaint in tha lower court was that her husband would not let her and her child at- tend church, but the main allegation was abandonment: The lower court refused to grant the divorce for want of equity, and the action was upheld by the supreme court.
 Because Robert Emile Roth, a teacher in school district No. 3 of Crawford county, allowed the chill dren of his school to be on the streets of Van Buren, thereby giving the boys and girls an opportunity to flirt, the school board discharged Roth and at. tempted to refrain from fulfilling its contract At least that was the al legation in the answer filed to a suit brought by Roth to recover on his contract. He had contract to teach school for nine months and was tc be paid $100 month. After teaching for three months Roth was discharg. ed, the grounds being those mention. ed and alleged neglect of the schoo affairs. Roth brought suit in the Crawford circuit court to recover or his contract and obtained favorable verdict. The supreme court today sustained the verdict. Improvement Districts. That the statute requiring tha formation of improvement districts requires the publication of descrip tions of the lands included in the district must be rigidly adhered tt was the decision in the case of Wal ter McRaven vs. B. J. Clancy, J. B Webster and J. F. Loughborough, ap pealed from the Pulaski chancer, court. The suit was brought in con nection with the formation of an i'm provement district on Pulask Heights. The decision of the lower court was reversed and the case, witt instructions, remanded for trial. Tn, lower court dismissed the suit. The verdict of the Pulaski circui court in the case of the will of Julif T. Badgett, brought oy o. K. Badget Jr., and Bentley Badget, minors, b, Myra H. Thomas vs. o. K. Badget and the Union Trust company. Wa; affirmed by the supreme court. The following proceedings wer, had aud opinions delivered by tn. supreme court today:
 | My Chief Justice McCulloch: I c. c. Keathly vs. Mrs. Annie Kath ley. from Faulkner chancery court affirmed.
 St. Louis, Iron Mountain ant Southern Railway Co. vs. The Scar borough company, from Crawford cir cult court; affirmed.
 By Justice Wood:
 Walter McRaven vs. B. J. Clancy from Pulaski chancery court; revers ed and remanded with directions.
 Matilda J. Reed vs. w. J. Money from Scott circuit court: affirmed. Maude l.. Arnold vs. B. F. Arnold from Howard chancery court; affirm ed.
 By Justice Hart: