George Pritchett, Appellant v. Lance Spicer, City Clerk of the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of mandamus because the city ordinance validly required referendum petitions to be filed within thirty days after passage of the measure, and the petition was filed four days late. It held that the statutes providing sixty days to circulate a petition did not govern the filing deadline and could not override the municipality's constitutionally authorized filing period. The court also declined to review the constitutional challenge to the ordinance because Pritchett had not obtained a ruling on that issue below.