People ex rel. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. State Board of Equalization

This is a proceeding in mandamus, instituted by The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railwaj' Company and other corporations, owning property subject to taxation in various counties of this state, against the State Board of Equalization, for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination of the question as to the validity or invalidity of the revenue bill, which appears to have been enacted by the thirteenth general assembly.

The case involves no question of conflict between the substance of any of the provisions of the bill and the constitution; but presents an attack upon it as an entirety, on…