Smith v. King

This case comes here from the judgment of the Circuit Court for the County of Benton, refusing to allow *11a mandamus to issue to the respondent, as sheriff of said county, and commanding him to remit an excess of property alleged to have been wrongfully assessed to the appellant by the assessor of said county, for the year 1883.

It appears from the transcript that the appellant presented a petition to the said Circuit Court, duly verified, showing that he was a resident of said county, and owned both real and personal property therein liable to taxation, which was assessed for the year 1883 by…