Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1983

Tucker Enters., Inc. v. Hartje

Tucker Enters., Inc. v. Hartje
Supreme Court of Arkansas · Decided July 11, 1983 · Grant, Holt, Purtle
280 Ark. 164; 655 S.W.2d 426; 1983 Ark. LEXIS 1463

Tucker Enters., Inc. v. Hartje

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Respondent’s Petition to Correct Error is denied.

Holt and Purtle, JJ., would grant.

Dissenting Opinion

John I. Purtle, Justice,

dissenting. I do not think the Lovettes should be required to pay the costs in this petition for prohibition. They were incorrectly named as respondents and appeared only to try to extricate themselves from the proceeding. The petitioners were successful in prohibiting the judge from hearing the case on its merits. Since we do not require the trial court to pay the costs, although he lost the case, we should require the petitioners rather than innocent bystanders to pay the costs of this proceeding.

Holt, J., joins in the dissent.

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