State ex rel. Miller v. Board of Commissioners

In January, 1884, the relator applied to this court for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to include in the estimates of taxes to be levied for that year a sufficient amount to refund the taxes paid by him on certain school lands which he had purchased, the title to which remained in the state. An alternative writ was issued, to which the defendants filed an answer. The case was referred to a referee, who heard the testimony and found the facts. In consequence of the necessary delay in the several steps of the proceedings, the case was not ready to be presented to this…