State Ex Rel. Foster v. Evatt

Alleging that respondent was in possession of information of specific sales of tangible personal property made by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (hereinafter referred to as A. & P.) and The Kroger Grocery & Baking Company (hereinafter called Kroger)’ during the year 1935, relator sought and the Court of Appeals granted a peremptory writ of mandamus against respondent as Tax Commissioner directing him to make assessments agaixxst both A. & P. and Kroger, 'according to formulae contained in the couxd’s journal entry, the details of which will be discussed later.

Whether the action of…