Smith v. Hodgson

The treasurer of Clarke county applied for the writ of mandamus, to compel the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of that county to deliver to him $71,000, which was to their credit in the Georgia National Bank, or to deliver to him an order on the bank for the money. The case was tried by the judge on the pleadings, the material parts of which are as follows : In 1904, the commissioners of roads and revenues of Clarke county, by proper authority, issued $100,000 of bonds, for the purpose of permanently improving the roads of the county. The rate of interest was four per cent, per…