Ex parte Howard-Harrison Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Tliis was an original application for the common law writ of certiorari, filed in the Supreme Court. The judgment rendered by the circuit court, which is complained of in the application for certiorari, after reciting the organization of the jury, then continues as follows: “We, the jury, find the issues in favor of the planitiff and find that the value of the property of the defendant for the year 1897 was one hundred and forty thousand dollars, and that the defendant…
Read the full summary
Tliis was an original application for the common law writ of certiorari, filed in the Supreme Court. The judgment rendered by the circuit court, which is complained of in the application for certiorari, after reciting the organization of the jury, then continues as follows: “We, the jury, find the issues in favor of the planitiff and find that the value of the property of the defendant for the year 1897 was one hundred and forty thousand dollars, and that the defendant having paid in its taxes on one hundred thousand dollars, that the taxes due the State is now for the excess, to-wit: The…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
Proceedings were commenced in the commissioners’ court of Jefferson county 'by the tax commission under the statute for the purpose of raising the valuation on real estate given in for assessment for taxes by the petitioner here, the Howard-Harrison Iron Co. The property was described in the notice or complaint filed by the tax commissioner in the commissioners’ court in the same manner as described by the petitioner in the original listing, when returned or given in for assessment. This description was by metes 'and bounds, and was sufficiently accurate and definite. The commissioners’ court…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ex parte Howard-Harrison Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Dean v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- Weaver v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1865
- State v. Atkins & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1900
3Cited by3 opinions
- Board of Revenue of Jefferson County v. HewittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Kelly v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Linch v. ScottAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922