Sanford Realty Co. v. City of Knoxville

The above three suits involve identical questions. Petitioners are property owners and taxpayers of the City of ICnoxville. It appears that the respective properties of petitioners were assessed for taxation for the year 1936, on or prior to February 10, 1936, by the regular Tax Assessor of the City of Knoxville, and thereafter, on or about February 15, 1936, a new Tax Assessor, who had just come into office a few days before, increased the assessments of petitioners’ properties, as shown by the stipulations filed in the causes.

Petitioners duly filed with the Director of Finance, who is also…