State Ex Rel. Fee & Liddon Co. v. City of Fort Pierce

Chapman, J. —

The relator filed a petition in the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, against the City of Fort Pierce praying for an alternative writ of mandamus, when the alternative writ issued and was served on the respondents. The alternative writ alleged that the respondent on July 1, 1924, for the purpose of obtaining money or funds with which to acquire and construct a public utility or waterworks, and for other purposes, issued and sold 500 bonds in the sum of $1,000.00 each, and the bonds were recognized as utility bonds by the respondent when it paid both principal and…