Legal Opinion

Northwest Light & Water Co. v. Alexander

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1916PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Original application for a writ of review. Under the constitutional and statutory provisions and the decided law of this state, the writ of certiorari is the proper mode of appeal from the action of this board.

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Original application for a writ of review. Under the constitutional and statutory provisions and the decided law of this state, the writ of certiorari is the proper mode of appeal from the action of this board. (Orr v. State Board of Equalization, 3 Ida. 194, 28 Pac. 416.) “The State Board of Equalization, by the seeming mandatory language of the Public Service Commission law .... declaring the conclusive effect of a finding of value of corporate property by the Public Service Commission, is not deprived of the power to equalize property of a railroad after such finding, with other property…

1Opinion of the CourtBudge, J.

This is an original application, brought against the State Board of Equalization, for a writ of review, requiring said board to certify to this court for review all of their proceedings had and done with reference to the *560assessment and equalization of the property of the plaintiff corporation.

The allegations in the complaint, briefly stated, are as follows : The plaintiff is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Nevada; it has complied with the constitution and laws of this state; it is doing, and is entitled to do, business in this state; it is the owner of an electric light…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BackusSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Maish v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Missouri Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. United States Ex Rel. Goodrich v. GuthrieSupreme Court of the United States · 1855

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Kittery Electric Light Co. v. Assessors of KitterySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
  2. Consumers Power Co. v. Big Prairie TownshipMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. Union Pacific Railroad v. Board of Tax AppealsIdaho Supreme Court · 1982
  4. In Re Petition of Idaho State Fed. of Labor (Afl)Idaho Supreme Court · 1954
  5. School District No. 25 v. State Tax CommissionIdaho Supreme Court · 1980

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