Whorton v. Gaspard

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

On November 23, 1964 Joseph B. Gaspard and Otto Smith (appellees herein) requested that the County Clerk of Madison County grant permission to copy the lists showing who had voted (including those who had aplied for absentee ballots) in the general election held on the third of that month. This request was denied, and two days later appellees filed a petition for a Writ of Mandamus in chancery court to require Charles Whorton, Jr., the County Clerk, to comply with their request. The trial judge, after a full hearing, granted the writ.

Only the three parties…