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State ex rel. Jennings Bros. Investment Co. v. Armstrong

Utah Supreme Court

Decided March 24, 1899PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Original application for a writ of certiorari to command the County Board of Equalization of Salt Lake County to return to the Supreme Court all the proceedings concerning a resolution of the Board whereby the assessment of certain property in Salt Lake City for the year 1898 was increased.

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Original application for a writ of certiorari to command the County Board of Equalization of Salt Lake County to return to the Supreme Court all the proceedings concerning a resolution of the Board whereby the assessment of certain property in Salt Lake City for the year 1898 was increased. We contend, that in not giving notice of the proposed increase of the assessment on the petitioner's property, the Board acted in violation of Section 2575, Revised Statutes of Utah, and that any such increase, without such .notice, and an opportunity to be heard, would be in violation of the Fifth…

1Opinion of the Court

.Baetch, C. J.

This is an application, original in this court, for a writ of certiorari to command the county board of equalization of Salt Lake County to return to the supreme court all the proceedings concerning a certain resolution of the board whereby the assessment of certain property in- Salt Lake City for the year 1898 was increased. The writ was issued, and upon a return being filed, the plaintiff demurred generally thereto. It is admitted by the pleadings, and because of the demurrer, that at the time when the resolution in question was adopted, the defendants were sitting as the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Taylor v. SecorSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  3. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BackusSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Kelly v. PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  5. Porter v. Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hacker v. HoweNebraska Supreme Court · 1904
  2. People ex rel. Colorado Tax Commission v. PitcherSupreme Court of Colorado · 1914
  3. State ex rel. Salt Lake City v. EldredgeUtah Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Hubbard v. GlossIndiana Supreme Court · 1901

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