Harding Logistics Inc. v. Director

Summary

The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed Harding Logistics Inc.'s appeal from a Board of Review decision granting unemployment benefits to the claimant. The court held that the corporation's petition was null and void because it was signed and filed by the company's president, who was not a licensed attorney, leaving the court without jurisdiction.

Holdings

1. A nonlawyer may not represent a corporation in court, and a petition filed on behalf of the corporation by that nonlawyer is null and void.
2. The court lacked jurisdiction over the appeal because the corporation's petition was null and void, and the appeal was dismissed.

Questions Presented

1. Whether a corporation may invoke the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Court of Appeals through a petition signed and filed by a nonlawyer president.
2. Whether the court had jurisdiction over an appeal initiated by a corporation through a nonlawyer representative.

Disposition

dismissed