Ridley v. Doughty
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Emmet District Court. —Hon. Lot Thomas, Judge. Action of mandamus to compel defendant to make certain corrections in the tax-list. Demurrer to the petition. Demurrer sustained, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, C. J.
I. The petition shows that the defendant is auditor of Emmet county, and that the plaintiffs each own severally certain real estate in the incorporated town of Estherville in said county; that said real estate was regularly assessed for the year 1887, and that at their general meeting the board of supervisors, in equalizing the assessments of said county, duly directed that the assessed .values of realty within said town be decreased forty-four per cent.; that the defendant, disregarding said equalization, made up the tax-lists for 1887 by placing said property therein at the valuation placed…
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