Commissioners of Roads & Revenues v. Martin

S. W. Martin, as sheriff of the city court of Bainbridge, instituted mandamus proceedings against the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Decatur County. The petition alleged, that the fiscal affairs of the county were in charge of the defendants; that certain persons had been convicted, in the city court of Bainbridge, of misdemeanor offenses, and'after sentence by the court had been received by the county and put to work on the public works of the county; that during the months of August, September, October, and November stated costs had accrued to petitioner in the respective…