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DUMAS v. JERRY

No. 74-354.

521 S.W.2d 539 (1975)

S. R. DUMAS, Individually and as a Representative of all Taxpayers of Union County, Appellant, v. Carlton JERRY, County Judge, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Prewett of Brown, Compton & Prewett, El Dorado, for appellant.

Beryl F. Anthony, Jr., El Dorado, for Carlton Jerry.

Mahony & Yocum, El Dorado, for El Dorado Industrial Development Corp.

Shackleford, Shackleford & Phillips, El Dorado, for Grace Smith.

Herschel H. Friday, Special Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of Arkansas, Smith, Williams, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, brief amicus curiae.

FOGLEMAN, Justice.

The only question presented on this appeal is the applicability of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 17-304 et seq. (Repl.1968) to a lease, with option to purchase, of property deeded to Union County, Arkansas. We hold that these sections do not apply under the circumstances and affirm the decree of the chancery court.

American Oil Company owned approximately 450 acres of land in Union county upon which it operated a refinery. It decided to close that...

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