BELL v. ADAMS

No. 5-4435.

422 S.W.2d 691 (1968)

243 Ark. 895

Alvin BELL, Director, et al., Appellants, v. Martha L. ADAMS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted R. Christy and Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., William R. Hass, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellants.

Fletcher Long, Forrest City, for appellee.


BYRD, Justice.

Appellants Alvin Bell, Theo Money, John Cage and Walter L. Hinton, Jr., director and board members of the Arkansas Alcohol Beverage Control, appeal from a chancery court decision holding invalid Act 352 of 1939 because a majority of the Senate did not vote in its favor as required by Ark. Const. art. 5 § 22. The only point on appeal is that the chancery court did not have jurisdiction of the subject matter.

In her petition for declaratory...

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