State ex rel. Coolsaet v. City of Veblen

Defendant appeals from the judgment entering the peremptory writ of mandamus requiring them, as officers of the city of Veblen, to levy a tax upon the taxable property of the city, in an amount sufficient to pay a judgment held by the plaintiffs in the sum of $10,563.44 and accrued interest.

The trial court rendered the judgment and issued the writ on the theory that, when a final judgment has been rendered against a city, it is the duty of the city council to pay it immediately, and, if there are no available funds with which to make the payment, a special tax shall be levied sufficient to…