Rountree v. Durden

Simmons, Chief Justice.

The solicitor of the county court of Emanuel county applied for a mandamus against the commissioners of roads and revenues of that county, requiring them to apply to the payment of his insolvent $osts money received by them from the hire of convicts tried and convicted in the county court. A mandamus absolute was granted, and the commissioners excepted. The application for mandamus and the order of the judge granting the same were based upon the act of October 16th, 1891, “to authorize county authorities to hire out misdemeanor, convicts, and to provide for the…