# Reeves v. Been

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · April 10, 1950 · 217 Ark. 67

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7813293

## Case

- **Full name:** Reeves v. Been, Treasurer
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** April 10, 1950
- **Citations:** 217 Ark. 67; 228 S.W.2d 609; 1950 Ark. LEXIS 376
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Smith
- **Judges:** Dunaway, Smith
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice, dissenting.
The opinion might well be captioned, “A Bill for an Act Entitled, . . . , ’ ’ etc. The result — assuming it is desirable legislation — has nevertheless been arrived at without aid of the General Assembly. What happened is that the lawmaking body overlooked the two-district complications of Sebastian County. The omission has now been court-supplied on the theory that equity regards that as done which ought to have been clone.
Still, there is an old-fashioned concept (though admittedly waning under present-day pressure) that the three coordinate branches of government were intended to be distinct, each functioning in its constitutional sphere. The persisting practice of nibbling a bit here and carving a slice there for the accommodation of expeditionary ends will afford temporary relief to minorities who thus profit through quick surgery, but the method is unsound. I would therefore affirm the decree and suggest that the need be explained to the Fifty-Eighth General Assembly.

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