People ex rel. Gridley v. Hendee

The circuit court of Lake county sustained a demurrer to the petition of the relator, George N. Gridley, supervisor of assessments of Lake county, for a writ of man-damns to compel appellee, Albert L. Hendee, county clerk of said county, to provide duplicate assessors’ books for the several townships and assessment districts of said county for the assessment of personal .property. The relator stood by his petition, and final judgment was rendered. This appeal was then taken.

Counsel for appellant says: “The real point in this cause is whether, under the act of 1898 ‘for the assessment of…