Clay County v. McAleer

Citations

• 115 U.S. 616
• 6 S. Ct. 199
• 29 L. Ed. 482
• 1885 U.S. LEXIS 1876

Syllabus

<p>Judgment was recovered in the Circuit Court' against a county in Iowa, on which execution was issued, which was returned unsatisfied. By statute of Iowa the county was authorized to levy and collect a tax. of six mills on the dollar of the assessed value of taxable property, for ordinary county revenue. The judgment creditor commenced proceedings in the same court for a mandamus commanding the county officers to set apart funds to pay the debt, or to levy and collect sufficient tax for the purpose. By the pleadings it was admitted that the whole amount of the tax for a current year was necessary for the ordinary current expenses of the county. . On an application by a judgment creditor of the county to compel the levy of an amount sufficient to pay the judgment which was recovered in the Circuit Court of the United States : Held, That on the facts pleaded and admitted no case 'was made justifying a writ of mandamus.</p>