Davis-Wellcome Mortgage Co. v. Tax Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action is one of mandamus to compel removal from the tax statement of the Davis-Wellcome Mortgage Company, of an entry made by the assessor increasing plaintiff’s assessment. The cause is submitted on motion to quash the alternative writ.

The petition for the writ alleged plaintiff, a Kansas corporation doing business as a loan and finance company, owned shares of stock of the value of $64,300 of the Davis-Wellcome Missouri Mortgage Company, a Missouri corporation. In 1934 plaintiff delivered to the county assessor its tax return. The…