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HOPPER v. WOLFE

No. 5-3415.

385 S.W.2d 783 (1965)

Lavada HOPPER, Petitioner, v. Paul WOLFE, Judge, Respondent, State of Arkansas, Ode Maddox and R. W. Dillard, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 18, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Julian Glover, Hot Springs, for petitioner.

Daily & Woods, Fort Smith, Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Robert Shaw, Prosecuting Atty., Mena, for respondent.

WARD, Justice.

In this petition for a writ of prohibition, Lavada Hopper, asks this Court, by declaring Act 49 of 1963 unconstitutional, to prohibit the Montgomery Circuit Court (as presently constituted) from trying a damage suit filed against her by Jack Whisenhunt.

An adequate understanding of the decisive issue here involved and the manner in which it arises calls for a summary of the factual background.

In June, 1960 Lavada Hopper (petitioner...

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