Maddox v. Anchor Duck Mills

It seems to be the established general rule that where a debt against a county has been reduced to judgment and the judgment creditor has no other means of enforcing payment, mandamus is the appropriate remedy to compel the proper officers to levy a tax for that purpose, provided, of course, that the county has the power to levy a tax for the payment of such judgment. 18 B. C. L. 281. On the contrary it seems to be the rule that a simple contract debt can not be made the basis of an application for mandamus to compel the levy of a tax by the county for its payment while it retains its form as…