Robison v. Hawkins

Freeman,::J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a petition for a mandamus against the Chairman of the County Court of Cannon county, to compel the issuance of a warrant for the sum of $21.50, on *451a claim that had been allowed by an order of the court in favor of petitioner.

It is not denied the county was so indebted, but the Chairman resists the claim for mandamus on the ground that some time before a judgment had been rendered against petitioner by the circuit court, for carrying a pistol, and costs of the case, amounting to perhaps $35. An execution issued on this judgment on which…