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  • State v. Browning

    206 Ark. 791 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Feb 7, 1944

    William V. Browning was charged in an indictment with murder in the first degree. Upon a trial, a jury acquitted him of the charge. … In Davis v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Brewton v. State

    375 Ark. 364 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jan 15, 2009

    See Brown v. State, 373 Ark. 453 , 284 S.W.3d 481 (2008) (per cu-riam). However, good cause must be shown to grant the motion. See Strom v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Taylor v. Bean

    234 Ark. 932 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 2, 1962

    Garner v. Teamsters etc. Union, 346 U. S. 485 , 98 L. Ed. 228 , 74 S. Ct. 161 ; Weber v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., 348 U. S. 468 , 99 L. Ed. 546 , 75 S. Ct. 480 . … In a very similar case, Bethlehem Steel Co. v. N. Y. State L. R. B., 330 U. S. 767 , 91 L. Ed. 1234 , 67 S.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Marcum v. Wengert

    344 Ark. 153 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar 8, 2001

    Jones v. Abraham, 341 Ark. 66 , 15 S.W.3d 310 (2000); Chrisco v. Sun Industries Inc., 304 Ark. 227 , 800 S.W.2d 717 (1990). … In Griffen v.

    Cited 54 timesPublished
  • Mitchell v. Parker

    201 Ark. 177 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Oct 28, 1940

    Stade v. Berg, 182 Ark. 118 , 30 S. W. 2d 211 ; Hirsch and Schuman v. Dabbs and Mivelaz, 197 Ark. 756 at p. 764 , 126 S. W. 2d 116 . … Moon v. Georgia State Savings Association, 200 Ark. 1012 , 142 S. W. 2d 234 . Appellant was president of the district’s board of commissioners.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Roman Cervantes v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

    612 S.W.3d 162 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Dec 3, 2020

    Hobbs v. Gordon, 2014 Ark. 225, 434 S.W.3d 364. … Finney v. Kelley, 2020 Ark. 145, 598 S.W.3d 26.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • McElhanon v. State

    329 Ark. 261 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 30, 1997

    State v. Johnson, 326 Ark. 189 , 931 S.W.2d 760 (1996); Purifoy v. State, 307 Ark. 482 , 822 S.W.2d 374 (1991). … Brown v. State, 325 Ark. 504 , 929 S.W.2d 146 (1996); Tackett v. State, 298 Ark. 20 , 766 S.W.2d 410 (1989). An offense is not a lesser-included offense of another if each crime requires a different element of proof.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Leggett v. Martin

    203 Ark. 88 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Nov 17, 1941

    One of our own cases, Felton v. Brown, 102 Ark. 658 , 145 S. W. 552 , is cited as authority for the majority rule above quoted. … E. 956 , and Brown v. Brown, 139 Ind. 653 , 39 N. E. 152 . No error appearing, the decree is affirmed.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Haynie

    168 Ark. 678 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 20, 1925

    Earl v. St. L. I. M. & S. R. Co., 84 Ark. 507 ; Central Ry. Co. v. Lindley, 105 Ark. 294 ; J., L. C. & E. Ry. Co. v. Kilgore, 108 Ark. 308 . … These were the only animals seen by Haynie and Brown upon the right-of-way which caused the trainmen to sound the stock alarm.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Wabbaseka School District No. 7 v. Johnson

    225 Ark. 982 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Feb 13, 1956

    As said in the case of Sirmon v. Roberts, 209 Ark. 586 , 191 S. W. 2d 824 , this statute tends to eliminate uncertainties and possible controversy. … There is no conflict, as contended by appellant, between the conclusion we have reached and the holding in Johnson v. Wert, 225 Ark. 91 , 279 S. W. 2d 274 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Martineau v. Clear Creek Oil & Gas Co.

    141 Ark. 596 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jan 19, 1920

    Green v. L. & I. R. R. Co., 244 U. S. 499 ; Chicago, B. & Q. Rd. Co. v. Babcock, 204 U. S. 585 ; Mudge v. McDougal, 222 Fed. Rep. 562; Johnson v. Wells Fargo & Co., 239 U. S. 234 . … Express v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Bensberg v. Parker

    192 Ark. 908 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 29, 1936

    Board of Improvement v. School District, 56 Ark. 354 , 19 S. W. 969 . … Ahern v. Board of Improvement Dist. No. 3 of Texarkana, 69 Ark. 68 , 61 S. W. 575 . In the case of Martin v. Reynolds, 125 Ark. 163 , 188 S.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Clinton v. Bonds

    306 Ark. 554 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Sep 30, 1991

    Jackson v. Bishop, 404 F.2d 571 (8th Cir. 1968); Glick v. Sargent, 696 F.2d 413 (8th Cir. 1983), Whittington v. Norris, 602 F.Supp. 954 (E.D. Ark. 1984). … Estep v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Merchants' & Planters' Bank v. McGehee Special School District

    179 Ark. 805 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 17, 1929

    The facts in this case are substantially the same as in Merchants’ & Planters’ Bank v. Hammock, 178 Ark. 746 , 12 S. W. (2d), 421 , where they are rather fully set out, except as herein stated and supplemented. … Dist. v. Taylor, 177 Ark. 440 , 6 S.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • City of Fort Smith v. Arkansas State Council No. 38

    245 Ark. 409 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Oct 21, 1968

    Nutter v. City of Santa Monica, 74 Cal. App. (2d) 292, 168 P. 2d 741 (1946); Fellows v. LaTronica, 151 Colo. 300 , 377 P. 2d 547 (1862); Miami Water Works Local No. 654 v. … Norwalk Teachers’ Assn. v. Board of Education, 138 Conn. 269 , 83 A. 2d 482 (1951); Chicago Division of the Education Assn. v. Board of Education, 76 Ill. App. 2d 456 , 222 N.E. 2d 243 (1966).

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Edwards v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

    308 Ark. 349 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Feb 17, 1992

    Coffey v. Coffey, 274 Ark. 335 , 625 S.W.2d 444 (1981); Brown v. Brown, 263 Ark. 189 , 563 S.W.2d 444 (1978). In reading the Jackson and Krickerberg cases, we conclude that both are distinguishable from the facts here. … Holt, C.J., and Brown, J., dissent. We note that the doctrine of merger or its application, if any, was never argued.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Minor v. Failla

    329 Ark. 274 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 30, 1997

    Brown, Justice. Appellant Alan Minor, individually, and d/b/a Minor Manufacturing, Inc. (Minor), appeals a directed verdict in favor of appellees J.P. … There was some evidence presented of a perceived controversy between Failla and Minor with respect to Minor’s decision as president of the Gould School Board to deny Failla’s niece a transfer to another school district.

    Overruled on other grounds by United Insurance Co. of America v. Murphy, 331 Ark. 364 (1998)Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Special School District No. 65 v. Bangs

    144 Ark. 34 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 10, 1920

    As said in Maddox v. … This was recognized in Dickinson v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Chandler v. Martin

    Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 14, 2014

    Brown v. State, 375 Ark. 499, 292 S.W.3d 288 (2009). However, this court will not give statutes a literal interpretation if it leads to absurd consequences that are contrary to legislative intent. … Brown v. Kelton, 2011 Ark. 93, at 8, 380 S.W.3d 361, 366.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • May v. Hutson

    54 Ark. 226 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Feb 21, 1891

    Brown v. Peters, 53 Ark., 182. The petition is subject to amendment. If the facts justify it, both defects may be cured by amendment. Reverse and remand for further proceedings.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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