State Ex Rel. Rice v. Hasson Grocery Co.

The Attorney General of the state filed a bill against the appellees, consisting of numerous persons, firms, and corporations, on September 1, 1934, seeking to compel them to file the reports and pay the mileage tax required on certain motor vehicles under chapter 126, Laws of 1934, said bill being filed in the chancery court, joined in by the then Auditor of Public Accounts, and invoking as grounds therefor: First, a mandatory injunction that daily records be filed with the auditor, on all motor vehicles operated by them showing the actual number of miles of public highway traversed by such…