Ward v. Board of Equalization
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Gentry Circuit Court. — Hon. C. A. Anthony, Judge. (1) Certiorari is the proper method of correcting an erroneous assessment, as no appeal lies from the action of the board of equalization. State v. Dowling, 50 Mo. 134; State ex rel. v. St. Louis County Court, 47 Mo. 594; B. B. V-..
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Appeal from Gentry Circuit Court. — Hon. C. A. Anthony, Judge. (1) Certiorari is the proper method of correcting an erroneous assessment, as no appeal lies from the action of the board of equalization. State v. Dowling, 50 Mo. 134; State ex rel. v. St. Louis County Court, 47 Mo. 594; B. B. V-.. Board of Equalisation, 64 Mo. 294; Harris on Certiorari, sec. 4, p. 6. (2) Where it appears by the record that there is a gross inequality in the assessment and valuation of property, and that this inequality is the result of the deliberate action of the authorities making such assessment, such…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
The petitioner sued out of the circuit court of Gentry county a writ of certiorari directed to the board of equalization of that county for the purpose of reviewing the record of said board in the matter of the assessment of the First National Bank of King City in said county, in which said bank the petitioner Ward is a stockholder.
On a hearing in the circuit court the proceedings were dismissed and the petitioner appealed. By the writ which was issued on the twenty-seventh day of October, 1893, the board was commanded to send up a transcript of the record of its proceedings, and. also the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Weeks v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- Lynch v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. State Board of EqualizationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- State ex rel. Taylor v. St. Louis County CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871
- State ex rel. Lemon v. Board of EqualizationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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- State Ex Rel. Shaw State Bank v. PfeffleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1927
- State ex rel. Mount Mora Cemetery Ass'n v. CaseySupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
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