State ex rel. Hurt v. Alexander

The relator, R. A. Hurt, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the chairman of the county court of Madison county to issue his warrant upon the county trustee of said county for the payment of a bill of costs alleged to be due petitioner. The bill of costs, *160amounting to $1.51, accrued in a certain proceeding filed on behalf of the State and county of Madison in the year 1892 against E. W. Campbell, Vincent Exum, et al., for the collection of certain delinquent taxes which were assessed for the year 1890. There were twenty-five defendants to the bill, and as many separate tracts…