State Ex Rel. v. Cummings

- This is a mandamus suit instituted hy the State of Tennessee on the relation of Gus E. Hamby against Will Cummings, Judge of the County Court of Hamilton County, to compel him to issue a warrant to relator for $42.50, due May 1, 1933, for services performed under a contract with the Highway Commissioners of said county.

Complainant is a son of Luther Hamby, a justice of the peace of said county. Judge Cummings declined to issue a warrant because of the prohibition contained in chap-, ter 695, Private Acts of 1933. Said Act provides that in all counties in this State having a population of…