State ex rel. Biggs v. Barclay

This is an appeal from the decree of the Chancellor overruling a demurrer to the mandamus suit instituted by the sheriff ef Polk County for the purpose of compelling the defendant Polk County Board of Commissioners to issue the county’s wa'rrant (1) of $16,194.90 for the board and keep of county prisoners and turnkey fees from March 1 to December 31, 1947, and (2) of $3,698.00 for transporting and guarding county prisoners from April 1 to December 31, 1947. Under the provisions of Chapter 367, Private Acts of 1947, county warrants of this character are issued by this board or its chairman,…