State Ex Rel. Aldrich v. Mitchell

Plaintiff in error, as relator in the Circuit Court* filed a petition, and procured the issuance of an alternative writ of mandamus, for a tax levy to raise money with which to pay past due interest coupons on bonds of the Town of Boca Raton, alleged to be owned by relator. The Circuit Judge sustained an answer filed by the respondent city officials, in which they contended that, by reason of their already having passed a tax levy ordinance, turned over the tax books to the assessor, notified taxpayers of the amounts of taxes due, and had collected some of the taxes, respondents should not be…