State ex rel. Smothers v. Lynch

The appeal is by the defendant, County Judge, from a judgment of the Trial Court ordering a writ of mandamus against the defendant to compel him to issue a county warrant to relator for $161.42, the cost of certain supplies furnished the Sheriff by the relator for use at the jail.

The claim was filed in the Quarterly County Court and that body passed a resolution approving the claim and directing its payment by county warrant.

The County Judge refused to issue the warrant as directed by the resolution of the Quarterly County Court because the Sheriff, in making the purchases, had failed to…