HOUGEN v. GEORGE

No. 50973.

120 N.W.2d 497 (1963)

Chester O. HOUGEN, Appellant, v. Andrew L. GEORGE, X. T. Prentis, and Fred H. Quiner, Constituting the State Tax Commission and the State Board of Review, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobsen & Jacobsen, Cedar Falls, for appellant.

Evan Hultman, Atty. Gen., George Murray, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Herrick, Langdon, Sandblom & Belin, Leonard C. Abels, Anthony T. Renda, Leo E. Gross, Philip T. Riley, Robert N. Merillat, C. L. Becker, Asst. County Atty., for Polk County, Des Moines, for intervenor appellees.


PETERSON, Justice.

This is a mandamus action involving the powers and responsibilities of the Tax Commission of the State of Iowa, acting as a Board of Review. The trial court sustained a motion by defendants to dismiss the petition. Plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff's petition consists of three divisions. His contentions are: 1. That a writ of mandamus should issue ordering defendants to reinstate and enforce adjustments of property values as provided in notices...

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