People ex rel. Rea v. Nokomis Coal Co.

The value of the property of the Nokomis Coal Company, located in Montgomery county, was fixed by the assessor at $72,000, and one of the mine properties of the Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation known as No. 10, at Wenonah, at $84,000, for the year 1920. The board of review having before it the question of increasing the valuation of these properties, notified the coal companies to appear before it on August 24, 1920. In response to this notice the attorney for the coal companies appeared and a hearing was had and the valuation of the properties was substantially increased. Thereafter,…