State ex rel. Commissioners of State Tax Commission v. Schneider

HIGGINS, Judge.

Relators, Commissioners of the State Tax Commission, seek a writ of mandamus to compel respondents, Assessor for the County of St. Louis and members of the St. Louis County Board of Equalization, to implement a plan for the equalization of real property assessments in St. Louis County as directed by order of the State Tax Commission. The Commission contends that the writ should issue because St. Louis County assessing officials are under a clear duty to equalize the assessments of real property for property tax purposes and have refused to implement a plan for the revaluation…