Wilson v. Swindle

BOULDIN, Justice.

Appellant, as solicitor of the Fourteenth judicial circuit, instituted this proceeding by mandamus in the circuit court to require appellee, as treasurer of Walker county, to pay a warrant issued to petitioner for an amount claimed to be due from Walker county pursuant to an Act of September 12, 1923 (Acts 1923, p. 267), providing that the solicitor of the Fourteenth judicial circuit shall receive “for his expenses the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars' ($1,200.00), per annum,” payable from the treasuries of the several counties in the cireúit in proportion to the tax values…