People ex rel. Patton v. Sellars

This was a petition for mandamus, brought in the name of the People, on the relation of W. R. Patton, in the Coles circuit court. The petition was as follows:

“The petitioner, W. R. Patton, of said county and State, complaining, shows that he is a citizen and taxpayer residing in said county and State; that George W. Hayes, assessor in and for the town of Mattoon, in said county and State, has discovered personal property in his said township omitted in the assessment for the years 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898, upon which omitted property taxes thereon, for which such property was liable,…