State ex rel. City of Superior v. Donald

WiNSLow, O. J.

This is an action of mandamus brought originally in this court to compel the secretary of state to audit certain claims made by the city of Superior under the provisions of ch. 407, Laws 1915 (secs. 51.08, 51.29, 51.30, Stats. 1915). The defendant moves to quash the alternative writ.

The question presented is as to the constitutionality of the act named. The act provides in substance that after valuing the property of a railroad company as a whole the state tax commission shall make a separate valuation of “any docks, piers, wharves or grain elevators used in transferring freight…