State ex rel. White v. Clay County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Petition for mandamus. I. It matters, not, as far as the relator is concerned, whether the court borrowed money in form or not by issuing bonds therefor.
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Petition for mandamus. I. It matters, not, as far as the relator is concerned, whether the court borrowed money in form or not by issuing bonds therefor. Issuing warrants bearing ten per cent, interest to the contractors answered the purpose of the law, and essentially fulfilled the requirements of*the act of the Legislature; and a departure on the part of the County Court, such as is disclosed in this case, can not affect the rights of the relator or the liability of the county. (See City of Bridgeport v. Housatonic R.R. Co., 15 Conn. 475; Slack v. Maysville & Lexington R.R., 13 B. Monr. 9 ;…
1Opinion of the Court
CüRRiBR, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a proceeding for a peremptory mandamus requiring the County Court of Clay county to assess a tax for the purpose of raising money to pay the claims set out in the petition. The petitioner states that he is the owner of one hundred and twenty-nine warrants issued by said county, for the sum of one hundred dollars each, dated May 7, 1861, and in the following form, to-wit:
“Treasurer of County of Olay: [$100.]
“Pay to tlie Parmers’ Bank of Missouri (branch at Liberty) one hundred dollars, out of any money in tlie treasury appropriated for…
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