ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 5-3655.

395 S.W.2d 13 (1965)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. Hon. P. S. CUNNINGHAM, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil Stratton, Mark E. Woolsey, Little Rock, for petitioner.

Murphy, Arnold & Purtle, Batesville, for respondent.


WARD, Justice.

This litigation stems from an attempt by T. H. Weaver to enforce an alleged oral promise by the Arkansas State Highway Commission (hereafter referred to as Commission) to "blacktop a loop of highway" through Charlotte in Independence County.

When a complaint was filed in chancery court by Weaver against the Commission for the purpose mentioned above, the Commission filed in this Court a "Petition for Writ of Prohibition", asking us to prohibit...

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