State ex rel. Dillon v. Graybeal
West Virginia Supreme Court
Application, by the State, on the relation of Charles W. Dillon, State Tax Commissioner, for a writ of mandamus to J. Walter Graybeal, assessor of McDowell county, and the McDowell County Bank.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger, Judge:
The State, at the relation of Charles W. Dillon, State Tax Commissioner, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel J. Walter Graybeal, Assessor of McDowell county, to assess the McDowell County Bank in accordance with what the relator conceives to be the law applicable to the assessment of said bank, in view of the nature and character of its property and assets. If his conception of the law be right, the value will be about $115,000.00, and if it be as assumed by the assessor, the assessed value will be about $29,-000.00. They did not disagree concerning the total value of…
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