Republican Party v. State Ex Rel. Hall

Jim Johnson, Justice.

This is a petition for writ of mandamus to require the Treasurer of Arkansas to make public certain of the internal or working records of the Treasurer’s office, in particular, bank deposit records.

On March 4,1965, appellant Dr. Wayne Babbitt, vice chairman of the Republican Party of Arkansas, appeared at the office of appellee Nancy Hall, Treasurer of the State of Arkansas. Appellant gave appellee a letter written on Republican party stationery requesting the Treasurer to provide the party with “a detailed listing of where the public funds of Arkansas are on deposit and…