GIBBONS v. BRADLEY

No. 5-3639.

394 S.W.2d 489 (1965)

Jessie E. GIBBONS, Petitioner, v. Gene BRADLEY, Chancellor, Twelfth Chancery Circuit of Arkansas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 11, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penix & Penix, Jonesboro, for petitioner.

No brief filed for respondent.


HOLT, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether a temporary order in a pending divorce suit is a contested case within the meaning of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 22-407.1 (Repl. 1962) [Act 6 of 1951]. This statute empowers the chancellor to "hear, adjudicate, or render any appropriate order with respect to, any cause or matter pending in any chancery court over which he presides," anywhere within the chancery district upon proper notice. This statute provides...

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