State ex rel. Miller v. Board of Commissioners

This was a suit by the appellant’s relator, Miller, against the appellees, the board of commissioners of Pike county, and William J. Bethel, auditor of such county. The •object of the suit, as stated in the prayer of the relator’s complaint, was to compel, by mandate, the board of commissioners of Pike county to make an additional levy upon the taxable property of Washington township, in such county, in favor of the Indianapolis and EVansville Railway, equal to one per centum upon the taxable value of the property of such township, as shown by the tax duplicate of the township, delivered to…