Smith v. McCoy

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• discussing a challenge to a county auditor's withholding of approval of a payment and contrasting the circumstances that support a mandamus action against the auditor or a suit against the county
• “when there is no legal justification for the auditor withholding approval of the claim or payment thereof, mandamus will lie”
• relator argued on appeal that auditor relied on inapplicable attorney general opinion in denying payment, but failed to introduce evidence in support of allegations at trial
• relator argued on appeal that auditor relied on inapplicable attorney general opinion in denying payment, but failed to introduce evidence in support of allegations at trial
• commissioners court's duties to examine and direct payment of claims are nondelegable duties
• acountyauditorwho acted to deny claims under the statutorypredecessor to section 113.065 “was acting within his official discretion to deny the claims and to require that their validity be established in a court of law”

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