State Ex Rel. Conrad v. Langer

Christianson, Ch. J.

Application is made to this court by private relators, as citizens and taxpayers of the state, for a prerogative writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, as members of the State Board of Equalization, “to convene and correct the 1937 state levy by eliminating the levies made for the mill and elevator bond payment fund, milling bond payment fund and real estate bond payment fund;” and to compel the respondent, Owen T. Owen, as State Tax Commissioner, “to certify to the county auditors the 1937 state tax levy at 4 mills instead of 6.1 mills.”

In the petition for the writ…