Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-06-12
SUPREME COURT
Will DECIDE soon
HAYS TEST CASE
Matter Was Advanced and
Is Submitted, Because of
It's General Importance

Little Rock. June ll.--Thecase of
trom2r Governor George w. HAYS
against Il. &. Mcdaniel. state treas
juror, in which the former governor
seeks to have the treasurer enioincd
from dlsbursing funds except by spe-
Ictic act of the legislature, was sub
mitt@d to the Hrrcmecourt today, the
ease having Yecn advanced on the
Gocket of the court because Of the gen
era! importance Of the questions in
iV0lVcd.
In the case of the state bank c2ani
Iner VS.. W. +. Graham Of Pine Bluff,
growing out of the Bank Of Pine Bluff
failure. submission was set aside by
consent.
To Test New Road Act.
The court has advanced and set
for hearing June % the cases nvolv-
ing the validity Of the Arkansas-L Lou
lslana Highway Improvement district
and Jackson county district No. 3.
1t is eontended by the opponents Of
the MISUNDERSTANDING district that
the act of the last legislature Great
ing the district is unconstitutional, be-
cause the act contains Il different de-
scrlptlon of some Of the property in
the district, and also that the location
OF the public road to be improved is
not accurate; also that the legislature
has no power to create a road district
improving lands in more than one
county; that the legislature has no
right to create a district including
lands IN more than one county, for the
purpose of improving road in more
than one county and assessing the
benefits IN more than one county.
The whole attack is on the consti-
nationality of the act Of the Ieaisla
ture creating the district, and there
are no questions involved except the
question Of the validity of the act un-
der the constitution.
The following opinions were deliv-
cred and proceedings had in the court
F.; today:
CcCulloch, c. Joe Williams VS..
state, from Sebastian circuit; affirm
| ed.
Ashley, Drew e. Northern Ry Co.
VS.. w. K. Cunningham, from Ashley
circuit; reversed and dismissed.
The J. r. Watkins Medical Co. VS..
A. O. Johnson, from Creme circuit;
reversed and judgment here for APP
pellant
ST. l.. sw. Ry. Co. VS. Arthur Nc
Lauglin, from Columbia circuit; af-
| frimed.
Wood, J.-B. seelig, receiver, VS..
Phillips county, from Phillips circuit;
affirmed; McCulloch, c.. j., concurs.
L. R. Mills VS.. Hurley Hardware &
! Furniture Co., from Bradley circuit
| affirmed.
E. F. Graves VS.. Bodcaw Lumber
Co., from Columbia circuit; affirmed.
Hart, is. II. Richards VS.. w. r..
Howell, from Union chancery; revers-
ed and remanded.
j: G. Dunbar VS.. ]. H. Alphin, from
Union chancery; affirmed.
Smith, J-Yazoo & Mississippi VAL
ley Railroad company VS. J. l.. Altman.
from Phillips circuit; affirmed.
Morgan Caption VS.. state, from
ed.
Gus Breitzke VS.. Clara Anne Tucker,
from Pulaski circuit; reversed and re-
manded.
Hugh Petty, trustee, VS.. J. D. Will
kins, from Clark circuit; reversed and
judgment here for appellant.
Humphreys, Mrs. H. A. Harris
VS.. st. L. l. M. & S. Ry. company,
from Garland circuit; affirmed.
Wesley Robinson VS.. Idella Green,
from Crawford chanccry; affirmed.
William Ruglass VS.. state, from Chi
cot circuit; affirmed.
Mrs. G. W. Breining VS.. J. W. Lip
pincott, from Pulaski chancery; re-
yersed and remanded; McCulloch, chief
justice, dissents.
Orders Per Curtain.
Catherine M. Cady VS.. Wood Rain
water, from Conway chancery; appel
lant's motion to modify overrulcd. APP
pellee's ptition for rehearing sustain
ed to the extent of modifying the judg-
ment of this court SO as to allow the
lower court to credit appellee with
amount of advances made by him or
the bank of which he is an officer, and
to allow additional proof to be taken
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