Cabaniss v. Hill

Jackson, Chief Justice.

This record presents the question, whether or not a mandamus nisi should be made absolute, to direct the ordinary of the county of Habersham to levy a tax upon the property-holders therein, to pay for certain iron doors, cells, pipes for sewers, etc., contracted to be paid for on the twenty-fifth of December, with interest, at eight per cent from that date, unless paid for then, the contract bearing date on the 30 th of October, 1884. The iron doors, cells, pipes, etc., were furnished for a new jail erected in said county. A tax had been levied for the new jail, but the…