State ex rel. Citizens' Gas Light Co. v. Mayor of Jacksonville

The alternative writ alleges that the relator is a body corporate, duly organized under the laws of this State; *23the recovery of .a judgment for $2,980.98, in Duval Circuit Court, against the city of Jacksonville; the failure and refusal of the respondents, upon request, to provide for the assessment or collection of any tax to pay the same, and that it is unpaid, and that the city has no property subject to levy on execution. The judgment was recovered on warrants issued in January and March, 1883, on the Treasurer of the city, for “ lamps and lighting streets department.”

A motion was made to…