St. Joe Paper Co. v. Brown

DREW, Justice.

The appellate court in this case1 has affirmed an order holding that evidence offered by plaintiff St. Joe Paper Company, petitioner here, failed to make out a prima facie case as to illegal excessiveness of the tax assessment on its forestry lands, but finding that assessment of pasture lands was excessive and should be reduced to a maximum of $300 per acre. Review by cer-tiorari in this Court is based on certificate that the decision passes upon a question of great public importance.

The trial court, at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, found that its version of the…