State Ex Rel. State Board of Equalization v. Jacobson

This is an original application on behalf of the State Board of Equalization and its members in their official capacities, as relators, seeking a writ of mandate against the county clerk of Golden Valley county in his official capacity.

McQuitty Brothers are the owners of certain tracts of land in Golden Valley county, Montana. The county assessor in the year 1937 fixed the valuation of this real estate for purposes of assessment. The owners of the lands appealed to the State Board of Equalization for a reduction in their valuation. On this appeal, after notice, an order was entered by the…