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GIPSON v. MANER

Nos. 5-757, 5-758, 5-827.

287 S.W.2d 467 (1956)

J. A. GIPSON, Appellant, v. Ernest MANER, Judge, Appellee. J. A. GIPSON, Appellant, v. David YOUNG, Treasurer, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Coffelt, Little Rock, for appellant.

H. B. Means, Malvern, J. M. Smallwood, Russellville, for appellees.

Harry P. Daily, Ft. Smith, L. Weems Trussell, Fordyce, Arnold M. Adams, Harrison, Emery D. Curlee, Mountain Home, Fred M. Pickens, Jr., Newport, W. D. Murphy, Jr., Batesville, Tompkins, McKenzie & McRae, Prescott, Shaver & Shaver, Wynne, Ned Stewart, Texarkana, Jay W. Dickey, Pine Bluff, on the briefs amici curiae.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The question in these cases is whether Acts 109 and 142 of 1955 are contrary to § 4 of Amendment 37 to the state constitution, which places a limitation upon the salary and expenses of circuit judges and chancellors.

It was provided by Amendment 15, approved in 1928, that the annual salary of these judges should be. $3,600 each. Amendment 15 was superseded in 1946 by Amendment 37. Section 4 of the amendment now in force reads...

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