Me-shing-go-me-sia v. State

This was a proceeding in the nature of a mandate to require and compel the appellant, Gauntt, as county treasurer, to assess the property, real and personal, of ■ the said Me-shing-go-me-sia and other Indians of the Miami tribe in Grant county, and charge the same with the appropriate taxes.

There was a demurrer to the complaint for the reason that it did not contain facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and because there was a defect of parties plaintiffs and defendants, in this: first, that the other members of the band mentioned in the complaintare not made defendants; and…