POTTS v. HAY

No. 5-1551.

318 S.W.2d 826 (1958)

Marvin H. POTTS et al., Appellants, v. Abner HAY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 22, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Kemp, and Gardner A. A. Deane, Jr., Little Rock, for appellants.

McMath, Leatherman & Woods, Little Rock, for appellee.

Eichenbaum, Scott & Miller, Little Rock, for intervener.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a representative suit brought by the three appellees, as officers of the Little Rock policemen's union, to enjoin the city officials from enforcing Act 30 of 1957, it being asserted that the act is contrary to Amendment 34 to the Arkansas Constitution. William W. Leigh, as a citizen and taxpayer, filed an intervention and offered proof in defense of the statute. The chancellor held the act to be unconstitutional and issued a permanent...

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