COCHRAN v. BLACK

No. 5-3802.

400 S.W.2d 280 (1966)

E. W. COCHRAN, Mayor, et al., Appellants, v. Charles R. BLACK, Jr., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Williams, Friday & Bowen, by John T. Williams and Frank Warden, Jr., Little Rock, for appellants.

Frierson, Walker & Snellgrove, by G. D. Walker, Jonesboro, for appellees.


COBB, Justice.

The General Assembly of 1937 passed Act 298, which authorized the creation of local housing authorities by counties and by cities of the first class. Act 69 of 1961 amended the statute to make it applicable to the cities of the second class. These statutory provisions now appear as Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 19-3001—19-3034 (Repl.1956 and Supp.1965).

On February 12, 1963, the City Council of Corning, a city of the second class, purportedly...

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