State Ex Rel. Emerson v. City of Mound City

This is a suit in mandamus to compel the defendant city and its officials to levy and collect a special tax over and above its levy for ordinary city purposes and to use the proceeds of same when collected to pay and discharge a judgment in relator's favor against said city. The record discloses that relator, Agnes Emerson, brought suit in the circuit court against defendant city for damages for personal injuries and obtained a judgment for $10,000, which on appeal to this court was affirmed (Emerson v. Mound City, 26 S.W.2d 766). On the filing of the mandate of this court in the circuit…