Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Iowa State Tax Commission

— Pursuant to the action of the Iowa State Tax Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, in fixing the assessed value of the property of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as the North Western, for the year 1963, the North Western filed an original petition and first amendment thereto in the Polk County District Court seeking (1) a judgment declaring null and void that assessment and (2) a writ of mandamus commanding the defendant commission to equalize such assessed value of the North Western with the assessed value of other railway companies…