State ex rel. Seth Thomas Clock Co. v. Board of County Commissioners

Mandamus proceedings were instituted in the district court for the purpose of requiring respondents, as county commissioners, to enter an order on the county clerk to draw a warrant in favor of relator, and to require the clerk to draw such warrant for the purpose of payment of a claim in favor of relator, theretofore allowed by said commissioners. Respondents declined to comply with the request of the relator because, as claimed by them, a warrant had already been drawn and delivered to relator’s agent aud paid, thereby constituting full payment for the *569claim so allowed. The case was tried…