State ex rel. Riley v. Taggart

On the fourth day of September, 1894, the relatrix, Elizabeth Riley, filed her petition for a mandamus to compel Taggart, as the auditor of Marion county, Indiana, to place upon the tax duplicate certain taxes, claimed to be a lien in her favor, on certain described real estate, situate in the city of Indianapolis. The action seems to have been continued upon the docket of the lower court until after the expiration of Taggart’s term of office, in November, 1895, *432when Smith, his successor, was substituted in his place. Separate demurrers, upon the part of appellees, Taggart and Smith, were…