State ex rel. Cunningham v. Thomas
Utah Supreme Court
Application by the State, on relation of J. A. Cunningham and others, for a writ of certiorari to J. J. Thomas and others, composing the State Board of Equalization. Judgment for relators.
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Application by the State, on relation of J. A. Cunningham and others, for a writ of certiorari to J. J. Thomas and others, composing the State Board of Equalization. Judgment for relators. It has been held that the constitutional provision similar to ours distributes the power to assess and the power to raise or lower the assessment in such manner as to give to the county board of equalization the power to raise or lower individual assessments witliin the county, and to give to the state board of equalization the power to raise or lower the valuation of the county taken as a whole. Wells,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bartch, J.:
This is an original application in this court, for a writ of certiorari to command the state board of equalization to certify and return to the supreme court all the proceedings concerning a certain order of the board, whereby the assessment of the property in Salt Lake county for the year 1897 was to be increased. The writ was issued, and the board filed its answer, and demurred to the petition. A demurrer to the answer was also filed. Thereupon the case was argued and presented on its merits, and will likewise be considered.
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- State ex rel. Wallace v. State Board of EqualizationMontana Supreme Court · 1896
- People v. DunnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
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