Clendaniel v. Shoemaker

The petition in this case prays for a writ of mandamus against the State Board of Agriculture of Maryland, commanding it to nominate and appoint an independent appraiser to act on its behalf, in conjunction with an appraiser already appointed by the petitioner in making an appraisement of thirty-one bovine animals, the property of the petitioner, alleged to have been condemned, as set out in the petition.

The petition recites, among other things, that on March 14, 1928, petitioner’s herd was tested for tuberculosis by the State Board; that on March 17, 1928, the State Board condemned the…