State Ex Rel. Sterling Bottome v. City of St. Petersburg

This is a case of original jurisdiction in which the relator seeks a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the respondent officers of the municipality of St. Peters-burg to' levy a tax for the payment of bonds and interest coupons thereon issued under the terms, of. Chapter 9914, Special Acts of 1923, and to require the respondents to set aside in a separate fund for the benefit of relator the proceeds of such levy. Motion to quash the ameneded writ has heretofore been overruled. The case is now before the Court for consideration of the respondents’ return upon a motion by relator for a…