State ex rel. Young v. Royse

Holcomb, O. J.

The relator, by means of the writ of mandamus, seeks to compel the authorities of the city of Broken Bow to levy a tax sufficient to pay judgments, aggregating something over $8,000, obtained by the Broken Bow Water Works Company against the city upon an indebtedness for hydrant rentals, and thereafter assigned to relator, who now claims to be the holder and owner thereof. Notwithstanding the cause has, in this court, heretofore been decided against the relator (State v. Royse, 3 Neb. (Unof.) 262, 269), it is insisted that the conclusion reached is erroneous because the court…