Callaghan v. Salliway

NEILL, Associate Justice.

The appellee brought this suit in the District Court of Bexar County, against the appellant, for a mandamus to compel him, as county judge of Bexar County, to sign and deliver a warrant in his favor on the treasurer of said county for $100. Appellee alleged in his petition, that it was appellant’s duty, as county judge, to sign all warrants authorized by the County Commissioners Court of Bexar County to be drawn upon and against funds belonging to said county in the hands of its treasurer, in order that the treasurer might be lawfully authorized to pay such warrants.…