Case Name: Barber, Librarian, &c., Ex parte
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1851-07
Citations: 12 Ark. 155
Docket Number: 
Parties: Barber, Librarian, &c., Ex parte.
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 155–155

Head Matter:
Barber, Librarian, &c., Ex parte.
Mandamus refused, by this court, to compel Iho Secretary of State to turn over to the Supreme. Court. Librarian certain State Ib-porto, appropriated to the Supreme Court Library by act of Assembly, on the ground,; that t he Circuit Court of Pulaski county ■was competent, and the proper tribunal, to grant- relief in the promises.
On. jYppl'.cal'.mi for Mandamus.
This was an application to this court, by L. E. Barber, Esq., Supreme Court Librarian, for mandamus to the Secretary of State to compel him to deliver up certain State Reports, set apart for the Supremo Court Library, by act of Assembly. An alternate writ was issued, response of the Secretary filed, and demurred to.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Scott
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The writ of Mandamus, in this cane, having been improvidcntly issued, must be dismissed for that cause.