Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Division of Raybestos Manhattan, Inc. v. Bird

Appellant recovered a judgment on November 3, 1936, against the city of Earle, for $500, the purchase price of certain fire equipment sold the city March 1, 1935, and seeks by mandamus to enforce its payment.

In denying this relief, the trial court held: “The record shows that in 1935 the revenue of the city exceeded the disbursements by $944.25. It is further shown that the city received revenues in the sum of $5,519.67 in 1936. The court is not advised as to why this account or the judgment rendered thereon was not paid out of the revenue for that year in which the goods were purchased or…