Board of Education v. Lawson

Lively, Judge:

This is a mandamus proceeding to correct an error made in the state auditor’s office whereby there was an improper apportionment or allocation of the assessed value of the property of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway among the various counties, magisterial.district, and municipalities through which the railroad extends, for purposes of taxation.

A demurrer to the petition is interposed. There is no answer. Therefore, the facts set up in the petition are taken as true.

The assessment of the railroad property by the Board of Public Works for taxation purposes for the year 1932 was…