State ex rel. Bond v. Taylor

The bill in this case was filed in the chancery court of Shelby county to obtain a mandamus against the county trustee of Shelby county, in respect of an application made by relator before the latter, concerning a reassessment, or back assessment, of the property of the Memphis Street Railway Company. The chancellor awarded an alternative writ, which was served upon the defendant. The latter, instead of making a return to the writ directly, demurred to the bill, and this was treated in the court below as properly raising the questions presented in the case, and will be accordingly so treated…