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LEE v. WATTS

No. 5-4382.

423 S.W.2d 557 (1968)

243 Ark. 957

Lucian LEE, Justice of the Peace, Morgan Township, Appellant, v. William D. WATTS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penix & Penix, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Dudley & Burris, Pocahontas, for appellees.

JONES, Justice.

This appeal questions the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in the trial of misdemeanors in justice of the peace court in Morgan Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas, and also questions the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace to sit as justice of Mayor's Court outside of the corporate limits of the town for whose mayor he acts.

Lucian Lee is a justice of the peace of Morgan Township in Lawrence County, and George Glenn is the mayor...

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