City of Palmetto v. Klemm

A peremptory writ of mandamus was ordered in this case to compel the City of Palmetto to revise its budget for the fiscal year 1931-1932 so as to include therein an amount sufficient to retire certain interest coupons on certain bonds of the city held by relator.

Petition for the alternative writ was filed ten days'after the respondents had made their annual levy and completed the assessment roll, and approximately six weeks before the city taxes fell due and the tax books were required to be opened under the ordinances of the city. Had the commands of the alternative writ been complied with…