BUTLER v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK

No. 5-2070.

332 S.W.2d 812 (1960)

Perry L. BUTLER et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Langston & Walker, Little Rock, J. Frank Holt, Pros. Atty., by H. Clay Robinson, Deputy Pros. Atty., Little Rock, for appellants.

Joseph C. Kemp and William M. Stocks, Little Rock, for appellees.

James L. Sloan, Little Rock, amicus curiae for Ark. County Judges Assn., for appellees.

Glenn G. Zimmerman, N. Little Rock, amicus curiae for Ark. Municipal League, for appellees.


WARD, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is a constitutional one involving the validity of the extra-territorial provisions of Act 186 of 1957, which Act provides for the creation of City Planning Commissions in cities of the first and second class. The question arose in the manner and under the circumstances hereinafter presently set out.

The appellants on this appeal, Perry L. Butler and Horace Edward Meeks, each owned a parallel and adjoining...

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