Sargent v. Foster

Ray Thornton, Justice.

Appellant Harold (“Butch”) Sargent, a citizen of Van Burén County, appeals the dismissal of his writ of mandamus to compel H. G. Foster, the Prosecuting Attorney, to oust Van Burén County Sheriff Mike Bridges from office. Mr. Sargent alleged that Sheriff Bridges; a candidate for reelection, violated the election laws when he transported election ballots from the printer, in Clinton, to the Sheriff of Election for Union Precinct, Shirley, Arkansas. As a result, Mr. Sargent urges that the Prosecuting Attorney had a nondiscretionary duty to oust Sheriff Bridges from office.…