State ex rel. Lewis v. Smith
Indiana Supreme Court
From Marion Circuit Court; H. C. Allen, Judge. Mandamus by State on the relation of Martha Lewis and others against Harry B. Smith, auditor of Marion county, to compel such auditor to allow a' deduction from the assessed valuation of relators’ real estate on account of a mortgage indebtedness thereon. From a judgment in favor of respondent on demurrer to alternative writ, relators appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.
This is an action of mandamus instituted by the appellant’s relators against the appellee. The appellee filed a demurrer to the application and alternative writ, which was sustained by the court below. To this ruling the relators excepted, and refused to plead further, and from the final judgment against them, that was subsequently. rendered, they prosecute this appeal.
Counsel discuss but one question in this case, namely, the constitutionality of an act of the General Assembly of this State entitled, “An act concerning the taxation of real estate *544encumbered by mortgage, and declaring an…
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