Case law

Husted v. Richards

245 Ark. 987 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jan 20, 1969

Lyle Brown, Justice. Leonard Husted suffered fatal injuries when a remaining portion of a burned building fell on him during razing operations. … Steinberg v. Irwin Operating Co., 90 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 1956). We cannot say the court erred in holding’ as a matter of law that Husted was not an invitee.

Ben Motal v. City of Little Rock

2025 Ark. 40 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 10, 2025

See C.R.T., Inc. v. Brown, 269 Ark. 114, 117, 602 S.W.2d 409, 410–11 (1980) (citing Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co., 386 U.S. 714 (1967)). … See Strohm v. ClearOne Commc’ns, Inc., 308 P.3d 424, 446 (Utah 2013); Trope v. Katz, 902 P.2d 259, 267 (Cal. 1995); see also Upson v.

Webb v. Miller

236 Ark. 245 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar 11, 1963

In Clements v. Cox, 230 Ark. 818 , 327 S. … Paper Mill Co., Inc. v.

Merritt v. State

244 Ark. 921 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 21, 1968

We agree with the holding in State v. … See Leggett v. Kirby, 231 Ark. 576 , 331 S. W. 2d 267 (1960).

Kennedy v. State

344 Ark. 433 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 19, 2001

The fight was primarily between Appellant and Lanny Bates, although there was testimony that Appellant’s friend, Rodney Brown, was also involved. … Kim saw Mark give Brown $10 to keep Brown from fighting him. Kim could not hear what Bates and Appellant were saying, but she observed a knife in Appellant’s right hand.

Ice Service Co. v. Goss, Comm. of Labor

213 Ark. 832 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jul 5, 1948

Ice Service Company v. Forbess, 180 Ark. 253 , 21 S. … Appeals such as we are dealing with were, by § 2 of Act 126, “transferred .to the Board of Review.” 2 Hearing- by the Board of Eeview was had November 21, 1945.

Thornton v. Laconia Levee Dist. of Desha Co.

169 Ark. 19 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 15, 1925

In the case of Farelly Lake Levee District v. Hudson, post p. 33, we construed the statute involved in the present ease, and held that it was a general statute and not a local statute. … There is one marked difference, however, between this case and the case of Farelly Lake Levee District v. Hudson.

Lee v. Crittenden County

216 Ark. 480 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jan 23, 1950

Sellers v. State, 91 Ark. 175 , 120 S. W. 840 . … Co. v. Conery, 61 Ark. 381 , 33 S. W. 426 , 31 L. R. A. 570, 54 Am. St.

Watson v. Dodge

187 Ark. 1055 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Oct 23, 1933

In Pitcock v. State, 91 Ark. 527 , 121 S. W. 742 , this court held that a suit against the penitentiary board to restrain a breach of contract was, in effect, a suit against the State and could not be maintained. … W. 992 , this court held that a replevin suit against the board of trustees of a State school could not be maintained, because., in effect, it was a suit against the State.

State v. J.B.

309 Ark. 70 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar 31, 1992

Brown, Justice. … See Redding v. State, 293 Ark. 411 , 738 S.W.2d 410 (1987); Bailey v. State, 284 Ark. 379 , 682 S.W.2d 734 , cert. denied, 474 U.S. 866 (1985).

City of Green Forest v. Morse

316 Ark. 540 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 11, 1994

Sterling Drug, Inc. v. Oxford, 294 Ark. 239 , 743 S.W.2d 380 (1988), citing Scholtes v. Signal Delivery Service, Inc., 548 F.Supp. 487 (W.D. Ark. 1982). That is what occurred in this case. … See Cross v. Coffman, 304 Ark. 666 , 805 S.W.2d 44 (1991); Webb v. HCA Health Services of Midwest, Inc., 300 Ark. 613 , 780 S.W.2d 571 (1989).

Sherman ex rel. Sherman v. Keene

256 Ark. 850 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jul 1, 1974

Lyle Brown, Justice. … Bergetz v. Repka, 244 Ark. 60 , 424 S.W. 2d 367 (1968). The same authority requires us to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the one resisting the motion.

Taylor v. White

182 Ark. 433 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Oct 20, 1930

Simpson v. Brown-Desnoyers Shoe Co., 70 Ark. 598 , 70 S. W. 305 ; Johnson v. Spangler, 176 Ark. 328 , 2 S. W. (2d) 1089 , 59 A. L. R. 899 ; Slagle v. Box, 124 Ark. 43 , 186 S. W. 299 ; Clark v. … In the note to the case of Howard v. Pritchett, 207 Ala. 415 , 92 So. 782 , 25 A. L.

Cook v. Bevill

246 Ark. 805 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 5, 1969

Lyle Brown, Justice. Appellant Woodrow Cook, administrator of the estate of Elijah J. … court has uniformly held that, in the construction and interpretation of statutes, the intention of the Legislature is to be ascertained and given effect from the language of the act if that can be done ...’ ” In Refunding Board

Avants v. State

257 Ark. 22 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Sep 23, 1974

Lyle Brown, Justice. This appeal is from a conviction of first degree rape for which a thirty-year sentence was imposed. Only those facts which are pertinent to a discussion of the points for reversal need be related. … Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972). The point is without merit. Point II.

Thompson v. Special School District

109 Ark. 51 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 23, 1913

that be (Thompson) “refused to do the beating and plumbing unless tbe school board would stand good for bis money, and tbe school board agreed for him to go ahead and do tbe beating and plumbing and they were to stand good … Trapnell v. Burton, 24 Ark. 371 , page 400; Rogers v. Galloway Female College, 64 Ark. 627 . See St. Francis Levee District v. Fleming, 93 Ark. 490 . Second.

Scherz v. Mundaca Investment Corp.

318 Ark. 595 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Nov 7, 1994

Alberty v. … Corbin and Brown, JJ., not participating.

Housing Authority of Little Rock v. Peters

244 Ark. 478 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 1, 1968

Lyle Brown, Justice, concurring. I would decide this suit on the point of law raised by the Housing Authority. … Goldberg v. McCord, 251 N. Y. 28 , 166 N. E. 793 (1929); Brown v. Khoury, 346 Mich. 97 , 77 N. W. 2d 336 (1956); and Christian v. Waialua Agriculture Co., 33 Haw. 34 (1934).

Robinson v. Arkansas State Game & Fish Commission

263 Ark. 462 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 15, 1978

See Arkansas-Missouri Power Co. v. Brown, 176 Ark. 774 , 4 S.W. 2d 15 (1928); Cain v. Carl Lee, 171 Ark. 155 , 283 S.W. 365 (1926). … See Bierbaum v. City of Hamburg, 262 Ark. 532 , 559 S.W. 2d 20 (1977).

City of Benton v. Arkansas Soil & Water Conservation Commission

345 Ark. 249 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 14, 2001

See Jones v. … The Saline County Quorum Court subsequently abolished those boards on August 17, 1999.