State ex rel. Scovil v. Moorhouse
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Burleigh County; Winchester, J. Application by the State of North Dakota, on the relation of B. F. Scovil, against William S. Moorhouse, as auditor of the County of Burleigh, for mandamus. From a judgment denying the writ, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCorliss, J.
This cause involves a question of great moment to the state. We are, in effect, called upon to decide whether there exists within this commonwealth any revenue law whatever. The particular point presented is whether there is any machinery for assessing property in this state situated in those portions of the state in which there are no organized townships. But it is obvious that, if the reveue law which went into operation on the 1st of last January has made no provision for the assessment of property in those portions of the state, it is wholly void, as violative of that provision of the…
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