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· 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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