STATE v. JONES

No. 5-4260.

412 S.W.2d 284 (1967)

STATE of Arkansas ex rel. Joe PURCELL, Attorney General, and Walter Green, Appellants, v. Jimmy JONES, State Auditor, Nancy J. Hall, State Treasurer, and Cecil L. Alexander et al., Legislators, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Purcell, Little Rock, Atty. Gen., Thomas A. Glaze, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Walls Trimble and Bruce T. Bullion, Little Rock, for appellees.


JONES, Justice.

This appeal is from an adverse decision of the Pulaski County Chancery Court in a taxpayer's suit to test the constitutionality of Act 85 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas for 1967.

On January 19, 1967, by proper procedure, the 66th General Assembly extended the regular session of the Legislature beyond the period of sixty days and, thereafter duly enacted Act 85, which appropriated revenues to pay the members of...

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