Ferguson v. Bd. of Equalization of Madison County

O.J. Ferguson, appellant here, owned 15,000 acres of forest land in Madison County, Missouri, and on April 9, 1941, filed application, or petition, before the County Board of Equalization, asking reduction of the assessed value of said land. The petitioner claimed that the lands were assessed higher than other like lands in the county. In the prayer he asked that the "Board of Equalization make an order fairly and impartially equalizing the value of said real estate in the same manner and respect and comparable and in the same ratio of the assessed valuation of the other real estate in…