STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION v. WATSON

Docket No. L.A. 29539.

68 Cal.2d 307 (1968)

437 P.2d 761

66 Cal. Rptr. 377

STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Petitioner, v. PHILIP E. WATSON, as Assessor, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Ernest P. Goodman, Assistant Attorney General, and Neal J. Gobar, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner.

John D. Maharg, County Counsel, A.R. Early, Assistant County Counsel, and John D. Cahill, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.


MOSK, J.

This is an original petition for writ of mandate filed by the State Board of Equalization (hereinafter called the board) to compel respondent assessor to comply with his statutory duty of making available for the board's inspection certain records in his custody pertaining to the assessment of three airlines operating in Los Angelss County. (Gov. Code, § 15612.) We have concluded that respondent's objections to discharging his duty are without merit...

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