State ex rel. Evans v. McGinnis

This was a proceeding by way of mandate, by the State, upon the relation of the auditor thereof, against the appellee, as the auditor of Marion county, to compel the latter to add to the real estate appraisement of said county thirty per cent, of such appraisement, in compliance with a resolution of the State board of equalization adopted at the session of said board which convened on the 1st Monday of July, 1869.

The defendant answered, alleging, amongst other things, the following facts: “That said pretended State board of equalization mentioned in the complaint was not a legal board, of…