Hunt v. Eddy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus to compel the county assessor of Shawnee county to tax according to the intangible rate five shares of common stock of the American Telephone Company owned and listed for taxation by plaintiff, rather than according to the ad valorem rate applied by the defendant.

The pertinent portion of the motion for the alternative writ in substance alleged: Defendant altered plaintiff’s tax statement in which the shares of stock here involved were listed by plaintiff for taxation in such manner as to classify…