City of Ashland v. Kelley

PARK, Judge.

This action was commenced in the Boyd Circuit by the appellees, Harold E. Kelley, Ruie Kelley and the Galloway Realty Company as the owners of real property and taxpayers in the City of Ashland. In their original complaint, the appellants sought a mandatory injunction to compel the appellants, the City of Ashland and its officers, to make a uniform reassessment of all real estate within the city at its fair cash value.

The appellants’ opposition to a reassessment was based upon the city’s fear that it could not realize any additional tax revenue if the tax base was increased as a…