Blomquist v. Board of County Commissioners
Idaho Supreme Court
Original proceedings in this court for a writ of mandate to compel the county board of equalization of Bannock county to change its equalization of the valuation of certain property in said county to conform to the views of the tax commission in regard thereto.
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Original proceedings in this court for a writ of mandate to compel the county board of equalization of Bannock county to change its equalization of the valuation of certain property in said county to conform to the views of the tax commission in regard thereto. It is a general rule that, in summary proceedings in mandamus, courts refuse to determine constitutionality of statutes affecting the rights of third parties; and grave questions of this character may not be raised by ministerial officers whose duty'it is to carry out statutory directions. (High on Extr. Remedies, par. 143; People v.…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
This is an application by the tax commission of the state for a writ of mandate to the board of county commissioners of Bannock county, sitting as a board of equalization for Bannock county, to compel said board to equalize the taxes of Franklin & Hays in the amounts fixed by an order made by said Idaho tax commission, and to compel them to comply with said order in all respects.
Upon the application of said tax commission, the alternative writ of mandate was issued and the said board made due return thereto, and the cause came on for hearing before this court upon the petition and affidavit…
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