Thompson v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DawsoN, C. J.:

Plaintiff invokes this court’s original jurisdiction in mandamus to compel obedience to an order of the state tax commission which directed a refund of certain taxes paid under protest in Chautauqua county.

The application for the alternative writ alleged that plaintiff owned certain property subject to taxation in Chautauqua county and in school district No. 44 and school district No. 83 therein; that in the year 1935 certain illegal and excessive taxes were levied for the county road fund, and for the general funds of those two school…