Court Opinion

ID: 9768852
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 13:53:09.517273+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:03:36.372899
License: Public Domain

Darrell Hickman, Justice, concurring. I agree with the result but write to say that I doubt we can distinguish the cases of Belford v. Taylor, 241 Ark. 220, 406 S.W.2d 868 (1966), and Twin City Coach Co. v. Stewart, 209 Ark. 310, 190 S.W.2d 629 (1945). Both cases effectively interpret the residence requirement for venue to mean “domicile.” That is an incorrect interpretation of the law according to Norton v. Parkins, 203 Ark. 586, 157 S.W.2d 765 (1942). While Belford was a writ of prohibition case, it was decided on the basis of its facts, relying on the Stewart case. We ought not leave the Stewart and Belford cases in the backwater of the law. We should overrule them expressly, which we are doing by implication in this case. Glaze, J., joins the concurrence.