· 3/14/1861
The Board of Commr's of Knox County v. Aspinwall
Citations
- 65 U.S. 376
- 16 L. Ed. 735
- 24 How. 376
- 1860 U.S. LEXIS 414
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- state statute gave tax officials authority to levy the tax needed to satisfy a bond obligation and explicitly required them to do so; mandamus was proper to compel performance of this “plain duty” under state law
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Judges: Grier
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