W. J. Savage Co. v. City of Knoxville

The W. J. Savage Company has filed a petition for cer-tiorari herein to review the action of the board of equalization of the city of Knoxville in fixing the value of petitioner’s property for taxation. The trial judge dismissed the petition and an appeal has been taken to this court.

The tax assessor appraised this property at $70,000. By appropriate proceedings, petitioner carried the matter before the city board of equalization. That body reduced the assessment to $60,000. The petitioner contends that the property is of the value of $42,000 at most.

A section of the Knoxville charter…