Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad v. Board of Commissioners

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying appellant’s application for a writ of mandamus. The writ sought to require Walworth County to pay or make provisions to satisfy a judgment previously entered by the circuit court in an appeal from the State Board of Equalization, fixing the 1967 valuation of appellant’s operating property.

Appellant is a railroad company subject to the central assessment of its operating property for taxation purposes. In September of 1967, it appealed from the decision of the State Board of Equalization to the circuit court. This appeal raised…