State Ex Rel. Lawler v. City of West Palm Beach

This is a mandamus proceeding in which the contention is made by respondents that where a city or town has voluntarily (without being compelled by mandamus so to do) made a special appropriation and earmarked tax levy for the claim of the certain designated bondholder out of many others equally entitled to the same consideration, that the resulting fund is beyond the reach of a creditor seeking by mandamus to appropriate the same to the satisfaction of his own claim under the "first come, first served" rule that prevails in mandamus cases in this state to enforce payment of defaulted public…