Branch v. Excise Board of Oklahoma County

This is an appeal by E. W. Branch, hereinafter referred to as protestant, from a judgment of the Court of Tax Review denying certain protests of taxes levied by the excise board of Oklahoma county for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1933.

For his first item of protest, protestant attacks a levy of 4.626 mills for the general fund of Oklahoma county. It is alleged that the assessed valuation of said county was in excess of $50,000,000, and by the provisions of chapter 122, Session Laws 1933, the limit is fixed at 3.5 mills. This question was determined adversely to protestant’s contention in…