Village of Oshkosh v. Nebraska ex rel. Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to an order granting a peremptory writ of mandamus, commanding the village of Oshkosh, a municipal corporation, and the chairman and members of the board of trustees, and their successors in office, forthwith to proceed to levy upon all taxable property within the corporate limits a sufficient tax, in addition to the taxes already imposed, to provide an additional sum equal to one-half of the amount of the judgment theretofore entered in favor of the defendant in error.

The prior history of the ease may be found in Village of Oshkosh v. Fairbanks,…