Board of Trustees v. Board of County Commissioners

KNUDSON, Justice.

This is an original proceeding commenced in this Court for a Writ of Mandate to be directed to the defendant Board of County Commissioners of Cassia County, to compel said Board to levy a tax on all taxable property in Cassia County sufficient to raise the sum of $68,537.76, however, not to exceed 3 mills to be collected and paid into the County School Emergency Fund. Throughout this opinion Joint Class A School District No. 151 will be referred to as plaintiff and Cassia County will be referred to as defendant.

It is undisputed that plaintiff’s Board of Trustees, before…