Newport Mining Co. v. City of Ironwood

(after stating the facts). 1. It was held in Chicago, etc., R. Co. v. Babcock, 204 U. S. 585, 27 Sup. Ct. 326, cited by plaintiff, that in an independent proceeding attacking the judgment of an assessing board it is improper to cross-examine the members in an attempt to exhibit confusion in their minds as to the method by which the result was reached. It was further held that, in a suit to. declare void assessments, the court would not consider complaints as to the results reached by a State board of assessors, except those based on fraud or the adoption of a fundamentally wrong principle. It…